Publications
Affordable, Resilient Housing Retrofit Program Summary Recommendations
Green Stormwater Infrastructure Impact on Property Values
E-Scooter Pilot Evaluation
Assessing Disparities of Urban Flood Risk for Households of Color in Chicago
The Real Estate Mantra – Locate Near Public Transportation (2019)
Equity and Smart Mobility
Estimating Parking Utilization in Multi-Family Residential Buildings in Washington, D.C.
Income, Location Efficiency, and VMT: Affordable Housing as a Climate Strategy
Modeling of Multifamily Residential Parking Use in King County, Washington
The influence of spatial and household characteristics on household transportation costs
Do Land Use, Transit, and Walk Access Affect Residential Parking Demand?
Impact of Transportation on Affordability: An Analysis of Auto Costs
Losing Ground: The Struggle of Moderate-Income Households to Afford the Rising Costs of Housing and Transportation
Location Efficiency: Neighborhood and Socio-Economic Characteristics Determine Auto Ownership and Use - Studies in Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco
Estimating Transportation Costs by Characteristics of Neighborhood and Household
Preserving and Promoting Diverse Transit-Oriented Neighborhoods
Recent Posts
What did we learn from the results from our H+T User survey?
May 13, 2024
H+T Series Part 3: So, What Else Can I Do With the H+T Index?
March 8, 2024
H+T Series Part 2: Why use a ‘Typical Regional Household’ to Highlight Location Efficiency?
January 18, 2024
H+T Affordability Index Blog Series
December 18, 2023
H+T Affordability Index October 2022 Update
October 24, 2022

Peter Haas, PhD

He/him
Chief Analyst, Urban Analytics
pmh@cnt.org
@pmh_cnt

Peter joined CNT in 1994, and has revolutionized the geographic analysis of social, environmental and economic data to produce ground breaking tools for measuring sustainability in urban areas. Peter has been integral in the development of CNT’s location efficiency metrics, and developed its Housing + Transportation (H+T ®) Affordability Index, co-produced with the Brookings Institution. He acted as the Analytical Director for the 22-member CNT Research Team producing a greenhouse gas emissions inventory and 33 mitigation strategies for the Chicago Climate Action Plan, and served as lead analyst on CNT’s subcontract to develop the Location Affordability Index and related web tool for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and U.S. Department of Transportation. His work in GIS, web development and data analysis have come together into the Geographical Research and Information Department (GRID) at CNT, where he and his colleagues work to provide technical, geographical and analytic input to all of CNT’s programs.

Prior to CNT, Peter was a systems manager at Sieben Energy Associates, Adjunct Faculty at the William Rainey Harper College, and post-doctoral researcher at Cornell University’s Laboratory for Nuclear Studies, and The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

Peter has a Ph.D. in particle physics from Ohio State University.