Sacramento TOD Business Plan Work Session
April 29, 2013
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Reconnecting America's Abigail Thorne-Lyman, the director of the Center for Transit-Oriented Development, will be participating in a two-day TOD Business Plan Work Session in Sacramento on April 29-30. The purpose of the meeting will be to ensure a shared understanding of TOD, affordable housing, equitable TOD; understand current initiatives in the region around transit connectivity, compact growth, and equity, and other relevant concepts, and how they result to the objectives of this work; review current financing tools; and feed this information into next steps in the project.
Environment & Ecology: Fixing CEQA, Urban Lawns & Greenhouse Gases, Grass & Flood Prevention, Texas-OK Water War
April 26, 2013
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ENVIRONMENT & ECOLOGY
California Mayors Want CEQA Fixed
Los Angeles Daily News
As mayors of two of California's largest cities, we've joined with other large city mayors including San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, and Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido, to call for a modernization of one of California's oldest and most important environmental laws, the California Environmental Quality Act, or…
Housing California 2013 Annual Conference
April 17, 2013
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Reconnecting America's Abigail Thorne-Lyman, the director of the Center for Transit-Oriented Development, will be presenting the TOD University curriculum at the Housing California annual conference in Sacramento on April 17. Housing Californa produces the nation's largest annual conference on affordable homes and homelessness. More about the conference here.
Urbanism & Design: Smarter Development Rule Book, Lessons From Chicago Suburb, Albuquerque's Answer To Sprawl, Cincinnati Staircases
April 15, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN
A Simpler, Smarter Rule Book for Development in Sacramento
Sacramento Bee
There are very good reasons why the building industry and business groups, architects and design organizations, and environmental, bicycling and walking advocates all support modernizing Sacramento's cumbersome and antiquated zoning code.
Urban Issues: Nashville's Time To Shine, US Housing Supply, China's Housing Restrictions, Charleston Creative Corridor
April 1, 2013
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URBAN ISSUES
Nashville's Time to Shine is Now
Nashville Tennessean
Half a century ago, the founding fathers of Metro knew their city was coming up short.
News: Transit Ridership Surges, Baltimore Red Line EIS OK, Death Of Cottonbelt Line, Ann Arbor's Transit-Supportive Density, DC Joint Development
March 11, 2013
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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.
TRANSPORT
National: Transit Surges as Americans Return to Work
Reuters
The number of Americans commuting by public transportation rose to the second highest level on record last year, as more people returned to work, according to an annual survey released by the leading U.S. transit association on Monday...
Read On Baltimore: FTA Approves Final EIS for Red Line Progressive Railroading
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) signed off on the Baltimore Red Line's…
The number of Americans commuting by public transportation rose to the second highest level on record last year, as more people returned to work, according to an annual survey released by the leading U.S. transit association on Monday...
Read On Baltimore: FTA Approves Final EIS for Red Line Progressive Railroading
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) signed off on the Baltimore Red Line's…
News: MTA's Rat Problem, Ft. Worth Rail Plan, Toledo's Better Bus Station, Streetcar Economic Boost, Disney & Anaheim Streetcar, CAHSR Lawsuit Dismissed
March 4, 2013
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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. The Chatter, commentary and opposition articles will be found towards the bottom.
TRANSPORT
New York: Box Tunnel Pact Reserves Space for Future
Railway Age
Amtrak has reached tentative agreement with private developers in Manhattan to construct an 800-foot-long box tunnel on site at the 26-acre Hudson Yards development site on Manhattan's West Side...
Read On New York: MTA Works on Rat Problem Wall Street Journal
Locked in endless…
Amtrak has reached tentative agreement with private developers in Manhattan to construct an 800-foot-long box tunnel on site at the 26-acre Hudson Yards development site on Manhattan's West Side...
Read On New York: MTA Works on Rat Problem Wall Street Journal
Locked in endless…
News: Nashville BRT TOD, SF Car Share Parking Rules, Oregon Lottery Transport Funding, Sacramento Urban Identity
February 22, 2013
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TRANSPORT
Nashville: BRT Route Expected to Spur Development
Nashville Business Journals
Nashville's development community is embracing Mayor Karl Dean's proposed bus-rapid-transit system along the West End corridor...
Read On San Francisco: Carsharing's Unlikely Foe Transportation Nation
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors recently passed an ordinance to allow residential developers to add more parking spots to their new apartment buildings-- if those spots are…
Nashville's development community is embracing Mayor Karl Dean's proposed bus-rapid-transit system along the West End corridor...
Read On San Francisco: Carsharing's Unlikely Foe Transportation Nation
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors recently passed an ordinance to allow residential developers to add more parking spots to their new apartment buildings-- if those spots are…
Blogoshere: Silicon Valley Shuttles, Underestimating Historic Congestion, Amtrak Station Ridership, Sacramento Sprawl Fight
February 5, 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.
TRANSPORT
Blogosphere: Ripping Silicon Shuttles Won't Solve Prob
SF Streetsblog
The corporate shuttles that whisk tech workers from the highly-valued urban habitat of San Francisco down to the burgeoning suburban campus job centers of Silicon Valley are the newest additions to San Francisco's streets...
Read On Blogosphere: Amtrak Stations Mapped by Ridership Greater Greater Washington
It's common knowledge…
The corporate shuttles that whisk tech workers from the highly-valued urban habitat of San Francisco down to the burgeoning suburban campus job centers of Silicon Valley are the newest additions to San Francisco's streets...
Read On Blogosphere: Amtrak Stations Mapped by Ridership Greater Greater Washington
It's common knowledge…
News: Milwaukee Streetcar Progress, Intermodal Traffic Increase, Battery Powered Trams, Ann Arbor Rail Support, Megacities Impact
February 4, 2013
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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.
TRANSPORT
Austin: Central Texas Transit Effort Lacks Leadership
Austin American Statesman
Austin officials and other Central Texas civic leaders have developed an ambitious vision for a network of passenger trains and other transit projects, but the planning lacks leadership and the concept hasn't been adequately sold to the public, according to a report by national transit experts released Friday...
Read On Milwaukee: Full Speed Ahead for the Streetcar Business…
Austin officials and other Central Texas civic leaders have developed an ambitious vision for a network of passenger trains and other transit projects, but the planning lacks leadership and the concept hasn't been adequately sold to the public, according to a report by national transit experts released Friday...
Read On Milwaukee: Full Speed Ahead for the Streetcar Business…
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