Urbanism & Design: Security Trumps Urbanism In NY, Charlotte Streetcar Gains Impress, Making Walking To School Safer
May 20, 2013
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World Trade Center Security Will Kill Its Urbanism
New York Times City Room, via: @witoldr
The wreckage had not been cleared from ground zero when planners and neighbors began…
Transit-Oriented Development in the Chicago Region
May 14, 2013
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A new report from the Center for Neighborhood Technology, one of Reconnecting America's Center for Transit-Oriented Development partners, has been added to the Resource Center best practices database.
Transit-Oriented Development in the Chicago Region: Efficient and Resilient Communities for the 21st Century
May 6, 2013
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Executive Summary
Transit-Oriented Development in the Chicago Region, 2000–2010
Mixed-use centers anchored by public transit are essential to the triple bottom line, or the economic, environmental, and social sustainability of the Chicago Region. With the publication of GO TO 2040 in 2010, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) put forth a vision to grow the transit-oriented development (TOD) areas of the Region and make them communities of choice. In 2012 the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) built on this vision with the publication of Prospering In Place, which honored GO TO 2040 for its commitment to reconnect land use, transportation, and the economy, and recommended the locations in the Chicago Region that had the best prospects for growth—and hence warranted priority access to public and private resources. Prospering in Place was also a cautionary story of how a blueprint alone, without a place-based framework for development, will not reverse the…
Urbanism & Design: Google's Southern Strategy, Top 10 Cities To Travel Car Free, LRT To Revitalize Poor Denver Area, Impact Of Driverless Cars
April 23, 2013
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Google's Southern Strategy, Attractive City Clusters
Seattle Times
The first paragraph from the Charlotte Observer's story might make one think that the South is getting ready to stick it to the high-tax, high-regulation West Coast again:
Urbanism & Design: Reviving East Midtown Manhattan, Santa Rosa TOD Vote, Tampa Ped Friendly Makeover, Zombie Subdivisions
April 22, 2013
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A Better Way to Revive East Midtown Manhattan
New York Times
WE are told that New York needs to be lofted back into global competitiveness. That the city isn't modern enough.
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.
New Reconnecting America Report Explores Economic and Workforce Development Impacts of Denver’s Southeast Light Rail Line
April 17, 2013
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Reconnecting America has completed an analysis of the economic and workforce development impacts of Denver's Southeast Rail Line and concluded that the 6-year-old light rail line has only supplemented what is already there, instead of acting as a driver of economic opportunity for residents of the region. This is the first in a series of reports by the Mile High Connects examining the opportunities and challenges of connecting middle-skill workers to economic opportunities through improved transit service and is meant to inform the planning of current and future transit corridors in the Denver region.
Enhancing Economic Opportunity through Transit: Lessons Learned from Denver’s Southeast Light Rail Line
April 17, 2013
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Introduction
The Denver region is currently embarking on one of the most ambitious and extensive investments in new rail and bus service in the United States. In less than a decade, the $7.8 billion FasTracks transportation infrastructure project will connect much of the Denver Metro region with 122 miles of new commuter and light rail, 18 miles of bus rapid transit, 70 new transit stations and a variety of other expanded multimodal options.1 This investment has the potential to expand the reach of opportunity for many people, providing better connections between housing, jobs and other essential destinations. New transit service will provide more transportation options to major job centers and educational institutions that provide career ladders and workforce training for people of all incomes and skill levels. Other regions are watching closely to see how the network is built out and if transit can spur new development and redevelopment of existing assets in station areas, as well…
Urban Issues: Obama's Budget & Cities, Connecting People To City Services, Real Estate Pros Endorse TOD, Creating Equitable TOD
April 11, 2013
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Obama's Budget Released
DC Streetsblog
The Obama Administration has put forward an opening bid in what are sure to be contentious 2014 budget negotiations, issuing a solidly progressive transportation budget that calls for increased overall spending and continued investment in passenger rail.
Filling the Financing Gap for Equitable Transit-Oriented Development
April 1, 2013
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The March 2013 draft of a report from Enterprise Community Partners and Low Income Investment Fund on financing equitable transit-oriented development has been added to the Resource Center best practices database.
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