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Urbanism Next is the source for information about the potential impacts of emerging technologies — autonomous vehicles, E-commerce and the sharing economy— on city development, form, and design and the implications for sustainability, resiliency, equity, the economy, and quality of life.

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  • AVs in the Pacific Northwest: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in a Time of Automation 
    Larco, Nico; Howell, Amanda; Lewis, Rebecca; Steckler, Becky (Urbanism Next, University of Oregon, 2018-08)
    The University of Oregon conducted research for the cities of Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver to understand how the deployment of autonomous vehicles may impact greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Based on the range of possible ...
  • 2019 Urbanism Next Conference Program 
    Unknown author (Urbanism Next, 2019-05)
    Welcome to the 2019 National Urbanism Next Conference! This last year has seen dramatic advancements and serious setbacks in new mobility, autonomous vehicles, e-commerce, and the sharing economy. We have seen significant ...
  • Urbanism Next Framework 
    Urbanism Next, University of Oregon (Urbanism Next, University of Oregon, 2020-01)
    This framework provides an overview of the work Urbanism Next does and how we approach our research.
  • Emerging Technologies and Cities: Assessing the Impacts of New Mobility on Cities 
    Steckler, Becky; Lewis, Rebecca (National Institute for Transportation and Communities, 2020-01)
    The purpose of this report is to analyze potential impacts and offer recommendations for the cities of Gresham and Eugene, OR, to understand the potential impacts of new mobility technologies—with an emphasis on autonomous ...
  • Policy Brief – AVs in the Pacific Northwest: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in a Time of Automation 
    Urbanism Next, University of Oregon (Urbanism Next, 2019-03)
    The transportation sector accounts for the largest portion of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to all other sectors, and GHGs are once again on the rise. At the same time, new mobility technologies are being introduced ...
  • Multilevel Impacts of Emerging Technologies on City Form and Development 
    Howell, Amanda; Tan, Huijun; Brown, Anne; Schlossberg, Marc; Karlin-Resnick, Josh; Lewis, Rebecca; Anderson, Marco; Larco, Nico; Tierney, Gerry; Carlton, Ian; Kim, James; Steckler, Becky (Urbanism Next, 2020-01)
    Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are a near future reality and the implications of AVs on city development and urban form, while potentially widespread and dramatic, are not well understood. In addition, there are other fundamentally ...
  • Navigating New Mobility: Policy Approaches for Cities 
    Steckler, Becky (Urbanism Next, 2019-10)
    This purpose of this report is to help the cities of Gresham, Oregon and Eugene, Oregon understand the potential impacts of new mobility technologies—with an emphasis on autonomous vehicles (AVs)—and prepare a policy ...
  • Emerging Technologies – Transportation Network Companies (TNCs) 
    Urbanism Next, University of Oregon (Urbanism Next, 2020-01)
    This is a fact sheet suitable for use as a printed handout on Urbanism Next's topline research findings regarding transportation network companies (TNCs). This is a distillation of the research on TNCs found on the Navigating ...
  • Emerging Technologies – Micromobility 
    Urbanism Next, University of Oregon (Urbanism Next, 2020-01)
    This is a fact sheet suitable for use as a printed handout on Urbanism Next's topline research findings regarding micromobility. This is a distillation of the micromobility research found on the Navigating Emerging ...
  • Planning for the People: How Emerging Technologies Can Help or Harm the Most Vulnerable 
    Hoffman, Matt; Shirazi, Sahar (2018-03-05)
    While emerging technologies are often promoted as opportunities to dramatically increase safety, accessibility, and convenience, there is no guarantee that they will improve the lives of everyone. Historically disadvantaged ...
  • Nightmares and Dreams of Our AV Future 
    Chase, Robin (2018-03-05)
    We already live in a time of breathtaking change and uncertainty. Technology is moving so fast we've barely understood its implications before it becomes almost impossible to correct it's expressed worst possibilities. ...
  • 2018 Urbanism Next: Welcoming Presentation 
    Larco, Nico (2018-03-05)
  • 2018 Conference Flyer 
    Urbanism Next (2018)
  • Residential Preference 
    Larco, Nico; Bowers, Alison (Urbanism Next, University of OregonUrbanism Next, University of Oregon, 2017)
  • Re-imagining Retail 
    Carlson, Galen; Larco, Nico (2017)
  • Rethinking the Street in an Era of Driverless Cars 
    Schlossberg, Marc; Millard-Ball, Adam; Shay, Elizabeth; Riggs, William (Billy) (2018-01-26)
  • Warehousing 
    Larco, Nico; Carlson, Galen (2017)
  • The Impacts of Autonomous Vehicles and E-Commerce: On Local Government Budgeting and Finance 
    Clark, Benjamin Y.; Larco, Nico; Mann, Roberta F. (2017-08)
    Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are already being used and their proliferation is inevitable. AVs have the potential to fundamentally alter transportation systems by averting deadly crashes, providing critical mobility to the ...
  • Learning From the Past for a Better City of the Future 
    Tumlin, Jeffrey (2018-03-05)
    To accommodate the last mobility revolution-- 1929 to 1933 -- we created the regulatory framework for the arrival of the automobile, including criminalizing walking for the first time, and putting into law AAA's marketing ...