Blogosphere: Jeffrey Lubell Testifies
March 10, 2011|NHC Open House
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I am the Executive Director of the Center for Housing Policy, a research organization based in Washington D.C. working to expand awareness of the nation's housing challenges and to identify proven and promising strategies for meeting those challenges...
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Putting Schools on the Map: Linking Transit-Oriented Development, Families, and Schools in the San Francisco Bay Area
June 1, 2010|The Center for Cities & Schools
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The report begins by describing “Ten Core Connections” among TOD, families, and schools relevant to creating complete communities and ensuring ensure high quality educational opportunities for all children. We then describe the unique demographic and policy context in which schools and school districts operate in California. From there, we present and analyze the experiences from five Bay Area TOD planning processes. These case studies illustrate a range of issues and represent different points in a planning and development time frame. Combined with our years of research in the region, these exploratory case studies guided our development of the “Ten Core Connections” between TOD and education, and informed the findings that conclude the paper.
Video: Mad Men Want HSR
March 8, 2011|Grist
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So you might have heard that Vincent Kartheiser, who plays Pete Campbell on the ultra-addictive AMC show Mad Men, is a fan of public transportation. In fact, Kartheiser lives in Los Angeles and goes about his daily business without owning a car, which is pretty great...
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National: Mad Men Stump for HSR
March 10, 2011|Huffington Post
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Reprising their characters from the hit series, "Mad Men," actors Vincent Kartheiser and Rich Sommer have teamed up with U.S. PIRG and Funny Or Die to voice their support for high-speed rail in America.
Mad About High-Speed Rail
March 10, 2011
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Reprising their characters from the hit series, "Mad Men," actors Vincent Kartheiser and Rich Sommer have teamed up with U.S. PIRG and Funny Or Die to voice their support for high-speed rail in America.
Blogosphere: Mayor Gray's Streetcar Budget
April 5, 2011|Streetcars 4 DC
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On Friday, Mayor Vincent Gray released his first budget, and there is good news for the future of streetcars in D.C. His capital budget includes $99.3 million toward construction of streetcar lines in four corridors over the next five fiscal years (FY2012-17)... Read On
National: Tumlin - It's the Parking, Stupid
October 21, 2011|Atlantic Cities
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Transportation consultant Jeffrey Tumlin figures that you've got to be colorful when you're talking about the intractable problems of urban parking infrastructure. As such, he describes what he does this way:.. Read On
Bus Rapid Transit and Transit Oriented Development: Case Studies on Transit Oriented Development Around Bus Rapid Transit Systems in North America and Australia
April 1, 2008|Breakthrough Technologies Institute
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The purpose of this report is to provide examples of BRT-based TOD as a resource for policymakers, public agencies, and the development community. The report uses a case-based research methodology, examining four developed country cities characterized by high private car usage and significant TOD around their BRT corridors.
Blogosphere: Commercial Walkability Premiums
May 26, 2011|Sustainable Cities and Transport
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I always follow the work of Gary Pivo, and he and Jeffrey Fisher have a new manuscript in this (excellent) edition of Real Estate Economics. Because this is a scholarly publication, you have to pay for access, unfortunately... Read On
Financing Transit Systems Through Value Capture: An Annotated Bibliography
November 28, 2010|Victoria Transport Policy Institute
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This paper summarizes the findings of more than 100 studies concerning the impacts transit service has on nearby property values, and the feasibility of capturing a portion of the incremental value to finance transit improvements. The results indicate that proximity to transit often increases property values enough to offset some or all of transit system capital costs.
