Reconnecting America People * Places * Possibility

News & ResourcesResource Center Home

tracks-transport.jpg

Transport: Taxes & Transport In Toronto, Passenger Rail Regulation, Indianapolis Resurrects Freeway Plan, Reorganizing Honolulu Transit

April 10, 2013
More News & Resources:
Canada, Charlotte, Commuter Rail, DC, England, Federal Policy, Hawaii, High-Speed & Intercity Rail, Highways & Automobiles, Honolulu, Indiana, Indianapolis, London, New York, New York State, North Carolina, Ontario Province, Pennsylvania, Performance, Philadelphia, Streetcar, Toronto, tracks, Tracks Transport, Transit, Transit Funding, UK, Washington DC
TRANSPORT Let's Not Just Throw Taxes at Transport Problem  Toronto Globe and Mail   Remember back in the late 19th century? City streets in large European and North American cities were clogged with horses and carriages.
Read More
tracks-transport.jpg

Transport: Google Transit Vs. Real Maps, Chicago Elevated Bike Lanes, Indianapolis Outer Highway Loop, Traffic Jams Cause Mental Illness

April 9, 2013
More News & Resources:
Austin, bicycles, Chicago, Commuter Rail, Copenhagen, Denmark, England, Federal Policy, health, Highways & Automobiles, Illinois, Indiana, Indianapolis, Light Rail, London, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Ridership, San Antonio, St. Paul, State Policy, Texas, tracks, Tracks Transport, Transit, Transit Funding, Twin Cities, UK
TRANSPORT Docklands Light Rail Breaks Ridership Record  Rail.co   The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) has carried one-hundred-million passengers in the past year, breaking all previous records for passenger numbers on the system.
Read More
fta pictures

Federal Policy Update: CTOD Comments On FTA Joint Development Circular, FTA Webinar Recording

April 8, 2013
More News & Resources:
Development & Redevelopment, Economic Development And TOD, Federal Policy, FTA, Joint Development, TOD, Transit
CTOD Comments On FTA's Proposed Circular On Joint Development Projects Reconnecting America, Strategic Economics and the Center for Neighborhood Technology have released comments on the Federal Transit Administration's proposed circular on joint development. The three are partners in the Center for Transit-Oriented Development, the only national effort dedicated to providing best practices, research, and tools to support equitable market-based transit-oriented development (TOD), and therefore uniquely qualified to discuss the FTA's proposed guidance to transit agencies on joint development projects. Joint development projects are undertaken by transit agencies and public, private, or nonprofit entities to create transit-supportive development near transit stations. Joint development projects often take place on land owned by the transit agency, and can be stand-alone projects or part of larger TOD efforts. Transit agencies' contribution to TOD through joint development activities…
Read More
tracks-transport.jpg

Transport: Generational Shift In Travel, Streetcar Property Assessment, Boring Names, Biking In Austin, Santa Monica Parking

April 8, 2013
More News & Resources:
Austin, bicycles, bus, Bus Rapid Transit, California, Commuter Rail, Demographics, Detroit, Federal Policy, Florida, Fort Lauderdale, High-Speed & Intercity Rail, Highways & Automobiles, Indiana, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Michigan, New Jersey, Parking, Pedestrians & Walkability, Santa Monica, Seattle, State Policy, Streetcar, Texas, tracks, Tracks Transport, Transit, Transit Design, Transit Funding, Travel Behavior, Washington
TRANSPORT Hipmunk CEO Sees Generational Shift in Travel  Skift   Adam Goldstein, the 25-year-old co-founder and CEO of travel metasearch company Hipmunk, believes there is a "generational shift" under way in travel.
Read More
tracks-transport.jpg

Transport: Indiana Senate Transit Bill, DC Buses, Transit Lifeline In Rural America, Using BRT To Extend St. Louis Metro Reach

April 5, 2013
More News & Resources:
bus, Bus Rapid Transit, DC, Federal Policy, Indiana, Indianapolis, Missouri, Rural, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, St. Louis, State Policy, tracks, Tracks Transport, Transit, Transit Design, Transit Funding, Washington DC
TRANSPORT Transit Bill Moves Through Indiana Senate, Slowly  Urban Indy   HB1011 was heard in the Senate Tax & Fiscal Policy committee on Tuesday, April 2nd. Before any lobbying could begin, the chairman offered an amendment which was seconded and taken up.
Read More
tracks-urbanism-design.jpg

Urbanism & Design: Missing Katrina HUD Money, Dallas' New Urban Center, India HUD To Plan Transit, Anchoring Transit Line Ends

April 5, 2013
More News & Resources:
Bay Area, California, Canada, Cleveland, Cupertino, Dallas, Development & Redevelopment, Federal Policy, Highways & Automobiles, HUD, India, Las Vegas, Louisiana, Nevada, New Orleans, Ohio, Texas, tracks, Tracks Urbanism & Design, Transit, Transit Design, Travel Behavior, urban, Urban Form, Vancouver BC
URBANISM & DESIGN $700M to Help Elevate New Orleans Homes Lost  RT   A new report by the Department of Housing and Urban Development paints a grim picture of a program that was supposed to help Louisiana's Katrina victims protect their homes from future storms - to the tune of $700 million in misplaced taxpayer money.
Read More
tracks-urbanism.jpg

Urban Issues: Demographic Evolution Of Cities 1950-2050, Fighting Gentrification, An Urban School System That Works, SF Trash Inspectors

April 5, 2013
More News & Resources:
Affordability, Bay Area, California, Cincinnati, DC, Demographics, Federal Policy, Highways & Automobiles, housing, Livability & Sustainability, New York, New York State, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, San Francisco, Schools, tracks, Tracks Urban Issues, Transit, Transit Funding, urban, Urban Form, Washington DC
URBAN ISSUES Chart: Demographic Evolution of Cities 1950 - 2025  Urban Demographics, via: @trnsprttnst   A nice chart showing the U.N. estimate for the demographic evolution of cities between 1950 and 2025.
Read More
tracks-urbanism.jpg

Urban Issues: Neighborhood Engagement, 7 UK Social Classes, Fed Money Creates Jobs, Saudi Women & Biking, Buenos Aires Flooding, Peak Urbanism

April 4, 2013
More News & Resources:
Argentina, bicycles, Buenos Aires, California, England, Federal Policy, Health & Environment, Los Angeles, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Portland OR, Saudi Arabia, tracks, Tracks Urban Issues, Transit, Transit Funding, UK, urban, Urban Form
URBAN ISSUES Pittsburgh's Neighborhood Engagement Efforts  Rebuilding Place in Urban Space   One aspect of the current PLANPGH comprehensive land use planning process in the City of Pittsburgh is to my way of thinking a good example of how to do neighborhood-based planning as an element of the overall process.
Read More
tracks-transport.jpg

Transport: Calif. Super Majority Law, Houston Pay To Play Driving, Flywheel Tram Energy Storage, Synchronizing Lights To Fight Gridlock, Fort Worth Bike Share

April 3, 2013
More News & Resources:
bus, Bus Rapid Transit, California, Commuter Rail, Federal Policy, Fort Worth, Freiburg, Germany, High-Speed & Intercity Rail, Highways & Automobiles, Houston, Light Rail, Los Angeles, Madison, Pedestrians & Walkability, Performance, Ridership, Seattle, State Policy, Streetcar, Texas, tracks, Tracks Transport, Transit, Transit Funding, Washington, Wisconsin
TRANSPORT In California, 2/3rds Vote Means You Lose  Los Angeles Times, via: @rpuentes   Measure J fell just 0.6% shy of the required two-thirds approval as support fell in upscale enclaves. Some politicians are pushing to cut the requirement.
Read More
tracks-urbanism.jpg

Urban Issues: HUD's Sequestration Cuts, Transformational Data, Investing Pensions Locally, Smarter Cities, Big Data In NYC, Technology As City Equalizer

April 3, 2013
More News & Resources:
Affordability, Boston, California, Cleveland, Connecticut, Federal Policy, Highways & Automobiles, housing, HUD, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, New Haven, New York, New York State, Ohio, urban, Urban Form
URBAN ISSUES Housing Hardest Cut of Sequestration  Slate Moneybox   Sequestration is largely designed to prevent cuts in targeted anti-poverty programs, but the Department of Housing and Urban Development's various housing assistant programs are an exception.
Read More

If you search for more than one word (for example, Atlanta transit), we'll look for documents with EITHER of those words in them.

To find a document with ALL words, put "and" between your words (for example: Atlanta and transit).

To find an exact phrase, use quotes (for example "Atlanta transit").

Resources by Topic

Affordability bicycles bus Bus Rapid Transit Case Studies Climate Change Commuter Rail CTOD Demographics Development & Redevelopment Economic Development And TOD Employment & Transit EPA Federal Policy FTA health Health & Environment Heavy Rail High-Speed & Intercity Rail Highways & Automobiles housing Joint Development Light Rail Livability & Sustainability Livability In Smaller Cities Location Efficiency marketing Parking Pedestrians & Walkability Performance Regional Planning Ridership Smart Growth & Sprawl Station Area Typologies Streetcar TOD TOD And Equity TOD Finance TOD RFP/RFQ Transit Transit Corridors Transit Design Transit Funding Transit Supportive Density Travel Behavior urban Urban Form Value Capture VMT Zoning & Coding

Find us on . . .
 Follow Me on Pinterest

© 2013 All Rights Reserved. Reconnecting America
Contact Us   |  Site Policies   |  Site Map   |  RSS   |  Follow Us: