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The tools planners use to describe and shape travel, such as induced demand, transit-oriented development and the share of trips made by each mode. An entry belongs here when the cited article calls the concept induced demand, transit-oriented development or modal share. It excludes travel demand management and parking policy. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members.

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Wikipedia: Induced Demand
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In transportation planning, induced demand, also called "induced traffic" or consumption of road capacity, has become important in the debate over the expansion of transportation systems, and is often used as an argument against increasing roadway traffic capacity as a cure for congestion.
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Wikipedia: Transit-Oriented Development
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In urban planning, transit-oriented development (TOD) is a type of urban development that maximizes the amount of residential, business and leisure space within walking distance of public transport.
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Wikipedia: Modal Share
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A modal share (also called mode split, mode-share, or modal split) is the percentage of travelers using a particular type of transportation or number of trips using said type.
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