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+ Ph.D. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
+ M.S.T. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
+ B.S. Fordham University, New York Summa Cum Laude
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Dr. Rodriguez teaches courses in transportation policy, transit planning and strategy, and urban spatial structure.
PLAN 637: Public Transportation Strategy and Planning
PLAN 638: City Planning Practicum
PLAN 714: Urban Spatial Structures (core requirement for master's students)
PLAN 738: Transportation Policy
Research and Practice
My research focuses on the relationship between transportation and land development. I examine this relationship at various scales. At the individual level, I have studied that land value impacts of transit investments and the impacts of urban form on travel behavior and physical activity. At the regional scale, I study the relationship between regional policies and travel patterns, and how plans can be used to strengthen the reciprocal connection between transportation and land use. The work I do is driven by practical problems and aims to inform planners and policy-makers. Next are current projects, selected academic publications and recent publications for practitioners.
+ Identifying and quantifying the personal and community benefits of locating affordable housing closer to workplaces;
+ Examining the travel behavior and emissions impacts of neo-traditional (new urbanist) communities;
+ Quantifying the impacts of smart growth on regional air quality in the Charlotte (NC) metropolitan area; and
+ Studying the physical activity consequences of residing in diverse urban environments for various populations.
I also serve on the Editorial Board of three journals: Journal of the American Planning Association, Journal of Transport and Land Use, and International Journal of Sustainable Mobility.
selected academic publications
+ Rodríguez, D.A. and C.H. Mojica. 2009. Capitalization of BRT network expansions effects into prices of non-expansion areas, Transportation Research Part A, 43,5, 561-575.
+ Rodríguez, D.A., Evenson, K.R., Diez-Roux, A. and Brines, S. 2009. Land use, residential density, and walking: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 37:5, 397-404.
+ Rodríguez, D.A., Estupiñan, N., and Brisson, E. 2009. The relationship between segment-level built environment attributes and pedestrian activity around Bogotá's BRT stations, Transportation Research Part D, 14:7, 470-478.
+ Rodríguez, D.A., Aytur, S. A., Oakes, M. Forsyth, D. and Clifton K. 2008. Relation of modifiable neighborhood attributes to walking, Preventive Medicine, 47, 260-264.
+ Rodríguez, D.A., Targa, F. and Aytur, S. 2006. Transportation implications of urban containment policies --A study of the largest 25 U.S. metropolitan areas, Urban Studies 43:10, 1879-1897.
+ Rodríguez, D.A, Khattak, A.J., and Evenson, K.R. 2006. Can New Urbanism encourage physical activity? Comparing a New Urbanist neighborhood with conventional suburbs, Journal of the American Planning Association, 72:1, 43-56.
+ Berke, P., Godschalk, D. Kaiser E. with Rodríguez, D.A. 2006. Urban Land Use Planning, 5th Edition, Urbana-Champaign: University of Illinois Press.
+ Rodríguez, D.A., Targa, F. and Belzer, M. 2006. Pay incentives and truck driver safety: A case study. Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 59:2, 205-225.
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recent publications for practitioners
+ Pedestrian and Bicycle Plans in NC, 2009, Popular Government, with Evenson, Salvesen and Aytur
+ Transportation and Physical Activity, 2009, Active Living Research Brief
+ Transportation and Climate Change in NC, an excerpt from UNC's report on Climate Change, 2009.
+ Impacts of BRT on land values in Bogota, 2008, the case of Bogota, Land Lines, with Carlos Mojica.
+ Health in Planning, the case of Montgomery County, 2007, Planning Magazine, with Evenson, Salvesen and Aytur.
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