Transportation abundance means accessibility, not just mobility

Transportation policy is the flip side of housing policy. In fact, in many urban economics models, the two are inseparable: house prices are determined by time to commute to the city centre (pay more for a shorter commute). More broadly, a lot of the value of our housing policy work is premised on helping people access the benefits of agglomeration economies; better transportation within a city achieves the same goal. In Transportation for the Abundant Society, Gregory Shill and Jonathan Levine argue that transportation policy should focus less on mobility and more on creating an abundance of accessibility to valuable places. They go on to then lay out an agenda for achieving transportation abundance, focusing on major legal and institutional barriers.