Reconnecting America To Provide Free Place-Based Sustainability Technical Assistance In Seattle And Phoenix
April 22, 2013
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Reconnecting America, as a partner in Livability Solutions, has been selected to provide technical assistance to the Seattle Department of Planning & Development and Valley Metro in Phoenix as part of a grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Sustainable Communities under their Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities Program.
Los Angeles Orange Line Bus Rapid Transit Sustainable Corridor Implementation Plan Released
July 30, 2012
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Shortly after the opening of the Orange Line corridor extension to Chatsworth, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“Metro”) released the Orange Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Sustainable Corridor Implementation Plan (CIP).
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.
Making Joint Development Work: the Federal, Transit Agency and Business Perspective
February 8, 2012
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The Center For Transit-Oriented Development held a webinar on "Making Joint Development Work: Perspectives from the Federal, Transit Agency and Business Roles." The webinar was co-sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration and the American Public Transportation Association.
TOD and Climate Change Webinar
January 10, 2012
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This webinar presented research from the Center for Transit-Oriented Development analyzing the potential of TOD to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Planning scenarios for four regions were examined to contrast the GHG reduction potential of compact urban development near transit stations vs. business as usual development. Also, Mike McKeever of Sacramento Area Council of Governments and Tina Hodges at the Federal Transit Administration shared their experience on GHG reduction through transportation and land use planning.
CTOD Webinar Schedule Revised
December 5, 2011
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The Center for Transit-Oriented Development's webinar schedule has been updated, moving this month's webinar into next year and shifting everything else. Webinars with an * are sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration.
Webinar on Employment, Transit and Transit-Oriented Development
November 15, 2011
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On Nov. 15, the Center for Transit-Oriented Development held a webinar “Employment, Transit and Transit-Oriented Development.” The webinar focused on the importance of concentrating jobs near transit to fostering economically sustainable regions and healthy transit systems. Speakers discussed new research on spatial employment patterns in our metropolitan areas, and the types of economic activity that are most likely to benefit from being near transit. Participants also discussed the ways in which national research has been applied to inform regional economic development, transportation, and land use planning in the San Francisco Bay Area and Phoenix regions. Last, the webinar discussed the best practices across the nation in economic development incentives that support job growth and concentration in sustainable locations.
Abigail Thorne-Lyman Named Director Of Center For Transit-Oriented Development
November 2, 2011
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The Center for Transit-Oriented Development today announced the appointment of Abigail Thorne-Lyman to be the director of the Center for Transit-Oriented Development, replacing Sam Zimbabwe.
2011 Rail~Volution Presentations
October 26, 2011
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Reconnecting America (@reconnecting) and its partners in the Center for Transit-Oriented Development were out at Rail~Volution in Washington, DC, Oct. 16-19. A full list of their workshops and seminars appears at the bottom.
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Monday, October 17, 10:30 am
Linear Thinking as Creative Thinking: Planning at the Corridor Scale (Elizabeth Wampler)
Value Capture: An Overview (Nadine Fogarty) Monday, October 17, 2:30 pm
Empowering Practitioners: Recent Analysis and Research Findings in TOD (Sam Zimbabwe and Matt Sussman)
Equitable Sustainable Community Development - Lessons From Around the US (Allison Brooks) Monday, October 17, 4:00 pm
The Politics of Community Change: Race, Class and Displacement in America (Darnell Grisby)
Affordable Housing Basics (G. Sasha Forbes)
Finance: An Overview (Shanti Breznau) Tuesday, October 18, 10:00 am
ETOD: Focusing Employment Near Transit…
Linear Thinking as Creative Thinking: Planning at the Corridor Scale (Elizabeth Wampler)
Value Capture: An Overview (Nadine Fogarty) Monday, October 17, 2:30 pm
Empowering Practitioners: Recent Analysis and Research Findings in TOD (Sam Zimbabwe and Matt Sussman)
Equitable Sustainable Community Development - Lessons From Around the US (Allison Brooks) Monday, October 17, 4:00 pm
The Politics of Community Change: Race, Class and Displacement in America (Darnell Grisby)
Affordable Housing Basics (G. Sasha Forbes)
Finance: An Overview (Shanti Breznau) Tuesday, October 18, 10:00 am
ETOD: Focusing Employment Near Transit…
Value Capture and Transit
October 25, 2011
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On Oct. 25, the Center for Transit-Oriented Development presented the latest in its series of webinars, “Value Capture and Transit..”
