News: LA Sales Tax Campaign, India Court OKs BRT, Travel Time Research, Small Towns Thinking Big, Pittsburgh Apartment Boom,
October 22, 2012
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Los Angeles: Foes of Sales Tax Face Uphill Battle
Los Angeles Times
Measure J would extend the half-cent levy an extra 30 years, to 2069. Backers are an array of interests fueling their bid with money. The opposition is a relatively low-budget, grass-roots effort...
Read On International: Court Says Yes to BRT Wall Street Journal
In January, an 84-year-old activist filed a…
Measure J would extend the half-cent levy an extra 30 years, to 2069. Backers are an array of interests fueling their bid with money. The opposition is a relatively low-budget, grass-roots effort...
Read On International: Court Says Yes to BRT Wall Street Journal
In January, an 84-year-old activist filed a…
Livability Literature Review: A Synthesis Of Current Practice
October 18, 2012|National Association of Regional Councils
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Introduction and Purpose
In 2009, the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (U.S. HUD) created the Partnership for Sustainable Communities (the Partnership) “to help improve access to affordable housing, more transportation options, and lower transportation costs while protecting the environment in communities nationwide” (U.S. EPA, 2009, para. 6).
Guided by the goals of the Partnership, the federal government has committed significant resources and attention to implementing livability in state and local governments. While high-level, strategic federal investment in livability is relatively recent; states, regions, and localities have planned and implemented livable communities for more than a decade. For example, the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) and the Metropolitan Council of the Twin Cities (Met Council) established their programs in 1995. As many of the…
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)
Press Release: "Are We There Yet?" Find Out Monday!
September 27, 2012
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On Monday, Oct. 1, Reconnecting America will release Are We There Yet? Creating Complete Communities for 21st Century America, a study measuring the performance of all 366 metropolitan areas in the United States toward creating complete communities.
Blogosphere: Cincinatti Streetcar, Affordable Housing & TOD, Portland Inspiration To DC, Chair Sharing In Rotterdam
September 20, 2012
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Blogosphere - In this section you'll find commentary, opinion and editorials from blogs and newspapers around the country. The opinions expressed in these blogs do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Reconnecting America.
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Blogosphere: Cinci Allows Streetcar to Advance
Urban Cincy
Cincinnati leaders announced a major step today in moving forward the construction schedule of the Cincinnati streetcar, after a recent memo from City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. conceded that the project opening had been delayed to summer 2015...
Read On URBANISM | HOUSING | CITIES | ENVIRONMENT Blogosphere: Affordable Housing in the Central Corridor…
Cincinnati leaders announced a major step today in moving forward the construction schedule of the Cincinnati streetcar, after a recent memo from City Manager Milton Dohoney Jr. conceded that the project opening had been delayed to summer 2015...
Read On URBANISM | HOUSING | CITIES | ENVIRONMENT Blogosphere: Affordable Housing in the Central Corridor…
Blogosphere: Transpo Awards For Roads, Amtrak Philly Impact, Work On Next Fed Transpo Bill, Gentrification Side Effects
September 10, 2012
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Blogosphere: AASHTO's Best Projects are Roads
DC Streetsblog
Are you ready to be inspired? Well, good, because the American Association of State Highway and Transportation just released its list of finalists for the "America's Transportation Award" Grand Prize...
Read On Blogosphere: How Amtrak Might Redefine Philly Atlantic Cities
The big pricetag received most of the attention when Amtrak released its updated vision for…
Are you ready to be inspired? Well, good, because the American Association of State Highway and Transportation just released its list of finalists for the "America's Transportation Award" Grand Prize...
Read On Blogosphere: How Amtrak Might Redefine Philly Atlantic Cities
The big pricetag received most of the attention when Amtrak released its updated vision for…
Discussing How Local Agencies Put Transit to Work in Main Street America
September 4, 2012
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Reconnecting America Policy Associate Sasha Forbes attended the Community Transportation Association Expo in Baltimore in May in order to discuss Reconnecting America's report, "Putting Transit to Work in Main Street America: How Smaller Cities and Rural Places Are Using Transit and Mobility Investments to Strengthen Their Economies and Communities." While Forbes was at the conference, she interviewed people active in providing transportation in smaller cities and rural areas.
Webinar: Putting Transit to Work in Main Street America
August 22, 2012
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Small and rural communities across the country are implementing transit projects that are making an impact on their economy and quality of life for their citizens. Communities are implementing projects that catalyze private and public investment, developing partnerships to improve transit service, and enhancing connections between people and jobs and essential services. Using transit investments, rural America is creating stronger and healthier communities. Our webinar will give an overview of our recent report "Putting Transit to Work in Main Street America" and offer two case studies of transit investments in Vermont and Maine.
News: Altanta Rejects Tax, LA To Vote On Streetcars, Distracted Pedestrians, Walkability & Elderly, Internet & Small Towns
August 1, 2012
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Atlanta: Voters reject transportation tax
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Distrustful of government and riven by differences, metro Atlanta voters on Tuesday rejected a $7.2 billion transportation plan that business leaders have called an essential bulwark against regional decline....
Read On Los Angeles: Downtown L.A. Streetcars Face Ballot Test Los Angeles…
Distrustful of government and riven by differences, metro Atlanta voters on Tuesday rejected a $7.2 billion transportation plan that business leaders have called an essential bulwark against regional decline....
Read On Los Angeles: Downtown L.A. Streetcars Face Ballot Test Los Angeles…
Blogosphere: San Bernardino BRT, Fed Map21 Guide, CAHSR Insider Politics, Transit & Transit Dependent, Jefferson Sprawl
July 16, 2012
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Commentary: BRT Will Be Boon to San Bernardino
San Bernadino County Sun
In about a year and a half, San Bernardino and Loma Linda will be the beneficiaries of a new bus rapid transit (BRT) line offering quicker commute times, more frequent trips and an enhanced streetscape...
Read On Blogosphere: Cliff's Notes Version of Map 21 DC Streetsblog
The FTA has put out a helpful guide [PDF] to the changes to public transit policy in MAP-21, the new…
In about a year and a half, San Bernardino and Loma Linda will be the beneficiaries of a new bus rapid transit (BRT) line offering quicker commute times, more frequent trips and an enhanced streetscape...
Read On Blogosphere: Cliff's Notes Version of Map 21 DC Streetsblog
The FTA has put out a helpful guide [PDF] to the changes to public transit policy in MAP-21, the new…
