Urban Issues: Nashville's Time To Shine, US Housing Supply, China's Housing Restrictions, Charleston Creative Corridor
April 1, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES
Nashville's Time to Shine is Now
Nashville Tennessean
Half a century ago, the founding fathers of Metro knew their city was coming up short.
Transforming a Community through Transportation
February 28, 2013
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Reconnecting America President & CEO John Robert Smith will be in Charleston, WV, on Feb. 28 as the featured speaker at a Charleston Area Alliance Think Tank on Transforming a Community through Transportation. A popular forum for exploring emerging issues and improving our community, this series features speakers addressing a range of topics including: economic and community development relationships and tools, sustainability, branding, tourism, and revitalization.
Are We There Yet? Fact Sheets
October 4, 2012
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- Atlanta Fact Sheet (PDF, 583 KB)
- Austin Fact Sheet (PDF, 501 KB)
- Charleston, WV, Fact Sheet (PDF, 461 KB)
- Chicago Fact Sheet (PDF, 632 KB)
- Cleveland Fact Sheet (PDF, 525 KB)
- Cleveland Vs. Pittsburgh (PDF, 44 KB)
- Denver Fact Sheet (PDF, 565 KB)
- Detroit Fact Sheet (PDF, 565 KB)
- Greensboro Fact Sheet (PDF, 497 KB)
- Houston Fact Sheet (PDF, 541 KB)
- Kansas City Fact Sheet (PDF, 557 KB)
- Lincoln Fact Sheet (PDF, 440 KB)
- Los Angeles Fact Sheet (PDF, 633 KB)
- Nashville Fact Sheet (PDF, 465 KB)
- New Orleans Fact Sheet (PDF, 563 KB)
- New York Fact Sheet (PDF, 749 KB)
- Philadelphia Fact Sheet (PDF, 184 KB)
- Pittsburgh Fact Sheet (PDF, 572 KB)
- Salt Lake City Fact Sheet (PDF, 557 KB)
- San Diego Fact Sheet (PDF, 628 KB)
- San Francisco Fact Sheet (PDF, 520 KB)
- Seattle Fact Sheet (PDF, 578 KB)
- A Tale Of Two Cities: Greensboro vs. Lincoln (PDF, 44 KB)
- Monday Night Football: Chicago vs. Dallas (PDF, 72 KB)
- Monday Night Football: Houston vs. New York (PDF, 56 KB)
- Monday Night Football: Denver vs. San Diego (PDF, 57 KB)
- Monday Night Football: Detroit vs.Chicago (PDF, 86 KB)
- Monday Night Football: San Francisco vs. Phoenix (PDF, 52 KB)
- Monday Night Football: Philadelphia vs. New Orleans (PDF, 64 KB)
- Monday Night Football: Kansas City Vs. Pittsburgh (PDF, 58 KB)
- 2012 World Series (PDF, 57 KB)
TOD 205 Guidebook Explains Value Of Incorporating Families Into TOD Planning
June 21, 2012
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The Center for Transit-Oriented Development (CTOD) and the Center for Cities & Schools (CC&S) at the University of California, Berkeley, today released "TOD 205 - Families and Transit-Oriented Development: Creating Complete Communities for All," the seventh in the Federal Transit Administration-sponsored series of reports explaining the best practices of transit-oriented development. This guidebook illustrates why planning for transit-oriented development that serves families is important for creating truly "complete" communities and how such planning can be achieved in conjunction with school stakeholders.
TOD 205: Families And Transit-Oriented Development - Creating Complete Communities For All
June 21, 2012
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Why This Book?
Transit-oriented development can be used as a tool to support family-friendly communities and high-quality education. Transit-oriented development (TOD) is a mix of housing, retail and/or commercial development, and amenities in a walkable neighborhood with high-quality public transportation. Interest in TOD has grown across the country to achieve multiple goals, including:
Reduced automobile trips and greenhouse gas emissions;
Increased transit ridership and transit agency revenues;
The potential for increased and/or sustained property values near transit;
Improved access to jobs for households of all incomes;
Reduced infrastructure costs, compared to what is required to support sprawling growth;
Reduced transportation costs for residents;
Improved public health due to increased walking and biking;
Creation of a sense of community and place.
Recent TOD projects have often catered more to young professionals, empty nesters or other households without children, as these…
TOD 205 Guidebook Explains Value Of Incorporating Families Into TOD Planning
June 21, 2012
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The Center for Transit-Oriented Development (CTOD) and the Center for Cities & Schools (CC&S) at the University of California, Berkeley, today released "TOD 205 - Families and Transit-Oriented Development: Creating Complete Communities for All," the seventh in the Federal Transit Administration-sponsored series of reports explaining the best practices of transit-oriented development. This guidebook illustrates why planning for transit-oriented development that serves families is important for creating truly "complete" communities and how such planning can be achieved in conjunction with school stakeholders.
Clemson: Google Transit Increases Ridership 20%
September 26, 2011|Post and Courier (via Streetsblog)
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Bus ridership increased 20 percent in two years in the Clemson area since the advent of Google Transit, a high-tech route information service that will debut here in two weeks... Read On
Blogosphere: Charlestown Case Study
August 4, 2011|re:Cities
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Charlestown is just across the Charles River from the rest of Boston, once an independent town but annexed by Boston in 1874. First settled in 1624, it later became the first capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony... Read On
National: Cities Chosen for Green Capitals Program
September 10, 2010|Reuters
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has named the five cities that will be the first to participate in the Greening America's Capitals program and receive free expert assistance to turn their towns into models of sustainable design...
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Creating Healthy Communities
May 4, 2010
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The International Making Cities Livable (IMCL) Movement will holds its 48th Annual Conference in Charleston, SC, from Oct. 17 to 21. Reconnecting America is a sponsor of the conference.
