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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: Pedestrian and Bicycle Planning (co-taught with the HSRC)
PLAN 738: Transportation Policy
PLAN 823: City Planning Practicum
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. I collaborate closely with colleagues from multiple disciplines (health, nutrition, economics, geography, public policy) and mentor students in contributing knowledge to the planning profession. For more information on current students and their work, please visit:
http://planning.unc.edu/rodriguezsupport
Next are current projects, selected academic publications and recent publications for practitioners.
+ Examining how changes to the physical attributes of the environment like the location of trails, bus routes, rail systems, food outlets, and supermarkets are related to changes in physical activity and diets using cohort data;
+ Studying how land management tools can be used to encourage transit oriented development, and related tools to recapture property value increases caused by public action;
+ Identifying and understanding the causes and consequences of the rapid increases in motorcycle ownership and use in Latin America, using in-depth interviews and user surveys.
I also serve on the Editorial Board of three journals: Journal of Transport and Land Use, Journal of Transport and Health, and International Journal of Sustainable Mobility.
Selected recent academic publications
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+ Rodriguez, D. and J. Rogers. In press. Can Housing and Accessibility Information Influence Residential Location Choice and Travel Behavior? An Experimental Study. Environment and Planning B, 25 pages.
+ Hirsch, J., Moore, K. Diez-Roux, A., Evenson, K.R., Rodriguez, D. A. In press. Associations of Walk Score® with Walking in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 12 pages.
+ Kaza, N., Lester, T.W., and Rodríguez. In press. The spatio-temporal clustering of green buildings in the United States. Urban Studies, 30 pages.
+LaJeunesse, S. and Rodríguez, D.A. 2012. Mindfulness, time affluence, and journey-based affect: Exploring relationships, Transportation Research Part F, 15, 196-205.(to access it click here)
+ Rodríguez, D.A., Cho, G., Evenson, K.R., Conway, T.L., Cohen, D. Ghosh-Dastidar, B. Pickrell, J.L., Veblen-Morteson, S., Lytle, L., In press, Association of the outdoor built environment with physical activity behaviors of adolescent females, Health and Place, 18, 55-62. (to access it click here)
+ Rodríguez, D.A., Levine, J, and Weinstein, A. 2011. Can information promote transportation-friendly location decisions? A simulation experiment, Journal of Transport Geography, 19,2, 304-312. (to access it click here)
+ Rodriguez, 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. (to access it click here)
+ 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. (to access it click here)
+ 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. (to access it click here)
+ Rodriguez, 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. (to access it click here)
+ 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. (to access it click here)