Blogosphere: Tramway Wi-Fi Connection, Zipcar & Avis, Corporate Carpoolers, Best US Bike Share, Mapping Urban Agriculture
January 9, 2013
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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: Wi-Fi Connection for Florence Tramway
Eltis
The initiative is part of a wider project called "Wi-Move" (built up as a partnership between the Tuscany Region and the Municipality of Florence) with the aim of offering free hot spots to citizens and tourists in the most important locations and public spaces of the city...
Read On Blogosphere: More Zipcar to Avis Analysis The City Fix
Barely ten years ago, no one knew whether car sharing could even work in North…
The initiative is part of a wider project called "Wi-Move" (built up as a partnership between the Tuscany Region and the Municipality of Florence) with the aim of offering free hot spots to citizens and tourists in the most important locations and public spaces of the city...
Read On Blogosphere: More Zipcar to Avis Analysis The City Fix
Barely ten years ago, no one knew whether car sharing could even work in North…
News: Denver HSR Options, Austin Parking Regs, Boca Raton Rail Expansion, Major Dallas TOD, Brownfield Opportunities
December 12, 2012
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Tracks News - In this section you'll find news from cities around the country as well as interviews and general reporting on issues. It might be from a newspaper or a blog, but it counts as news.
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Denver: HSR Options for I-70 Corridor on Display
Denver Post
Anyone interested in getting a glimpse of the ideas being floated for high-speed rail between Jefferson County and the Eagle County Airport can do so Thursday...
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Austin: City May Drop Parking Reqs Downtown Austin American Statesman
Austin might soon ditch a three-decade-old policy of requiring downtown buildings and tenant businesses to have a minimum number of parking spaces…
Anyone interested in getting a glimpse of the ideas being floated for high-speed rail between Jefferson County and the Eagle County Airport can do so Thursday...
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Austin: City May Drop Parking Reqs Downtown Austin American Statesman
Austin might soon ditch a three-decade-old policy of requiring downtown buildings and tenant businesses to have a minimum number of parking spaces…
News: Transit Fare Equity, Exurban Transit, Transit & Housing In Curitiba, Houston Redevelopment Opportunity, Difference TOD Makes
August 20, 2012
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Tracks News - In this section you'll find news from cities around the country as well as interviews and general reporting on issues. It might be from a newspaper or a blog, but it counts as news.
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National: Obama Tells States "Use It Or Lose It"
Transportation Nation
States will lose out on millions of dollars in federal highway money if they sit on the cash without putting it to immediate use, the White House said in a statement today...
Read On Research: Transit Fare Equity in Utah Using GIS TRB TRIS
States will lose out on millions of dollars in federal highway money if they sit on the cash without putting it to immediate use, the White House said in a statement today...
Read On Research: Transit Fare Equity in Utah Using GIS TRB TRIS
Somerville Housing Symposium
September 27, 2011
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Reconnecting America's Sam Zimbabwe, the director of the Center for Transit-Oriented Development, will be in Somerville, Mass., on Sept. 27 as the keynote speaker at a housing symposium. More details here
Implementing Transit-Oriented Development: Strategies And Tools
February 23, 2010|Sam Zimbabwe, Center for Transit-Oriented Development director
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Sam Zimbabwe addressed a Steering Committee working on citywide planning issues in the City of Somerville, MA. Building on previous work on equitable TOD in the city and other experiences nationally, Sam's presentation focused on what local jurisdictions can do to support transit-oriented development.
New Jersey: Somerville Transit Village Designation
February 18, 2010|Central Jersey
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The borough is waiting to find out whether it will earn a special designation from the state Department of Transportation that local officials say will help the municipality as it seeks grants...
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Boston: Somerville & Medford Divided on Extension
January 29, 2010|Wicked Local
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There seems to be a consensus that Somerville and Medford should present a unified front when petitioning the state to end the Green Line extension at Route 16 in Medford. But whether there is actually consensus between the two cities on the end point is debatable....
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Boston: Green Line Funding in Question
July 22, 2009|Boston Globe
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The Green Line extension to Somerville and Medford is getting more
expensive and potentially shorter. Work on a $1.5 billion bus tunnel
underneath Boston Common has been put on hold indefinitely. Seventeen
highway projects valued at $870 million are probably being canceled.....
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Somerville: Opportunities for Equitable Transit-Oriented Development
November 17, 2008
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Somerville: Reconnecting America worked with the Somerville Community Corporation to identify needs and opportunities for equitable transit-oriented development in the City of Somerville, with a focus on the planned extension of the Green Line. The report highlights demographic and real estate trends, and outlines a series of strategies for achieving mixed-income TOD.
Somerville Analysis Maps
May 12, 2008
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These are maps created for work we did for the Somerville CDC on strategies to preserve affordable housing. Somerville Community Corporation (SCC), through the support of the Surdna Foundation, has engaged Reconnecting America’s Center for Transit-Oriented Development to prepare this report on the challenges and opportunities for equitable transit-oriented development, as well as some of the strategies that have been deployed successfully around transit projects elsewhere in the country
- Somerville Two & Three Unit Housing (PDF, 735 KB)
- Somerville Federally Assisted Housing Units (PDF, 757 KB)
- Somerville Cost Per Residential Square Foot (PDF, 732 KB)
- Somerville Diversity (PDF, 679 KB)
- Somerville Geographies (PDF, 760 KB)
- Somerville Land Use (PDF, 776 KB)
- Somerville Underutilized Properties (PDF, 781 KB)
- Somerville Vulnerable Areas (PDF, 1.6 MB)
