Transport: Cleveland Motorists Vs. Cyclists, Ann Arbor To Detroit Rail Plan, MN Streetcar Value Capture
June 17, 2013
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Cleveland Motorists, Cyclists Seek a Truce
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Every cyclist who's spent time on the road has heard it - scolds, curses and shouts from drivers who want them to move over or get on the sidewalk.
Doing Well By Doing Good: Taking Risk Out Of Mortgages By Building Sustainability In
June 7, 2013
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A multifamily building where 30% of residents commute via subway will be significantly less likely to default on the mortgage than the same building located within 1,000 feet of a freeway corridor, according to the findings of a study funded by Fannie Mae.
Toolkit Focuses On Opportunities To Extend TOD In Connecticut
June 3, 2013
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A toolkit created to introduce the primary components of a TOD program that meets common Connecticut community goals has been added to the Resource Center best practices database.
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.
National Review Of Programs That Fund Transit-Oriented Development Plans And Projects
April 22, 2013
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In early 2011, Reconnecting America released the 2010 Inventory of TOD Programs and shortly after an interactive map detailing the local, regional and statewide programs that fund transit-oriented development plans and projects. Now, Reconnecting America has updated the map and the accompanying data, including information not previously published.
Other Views: Ignoring Homeless Families, Richard Florida's Federal Fantasy, Fresno TOD Funds, Streetcar Cost-Benefit Test
April 22, 2013
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America Ignoring Homeless Families
Bill Moyers . com
More than one-third of Americans who use shelters annually are parents and their children. In 2011, that added up to more than 500,000 people.
Urbanism & Design: Selling Federal Property, Sydney Transit-Friendly Plaza, Grants Fund Twin Cities TOD, Vizualizing Flying Cities
April 12, 2013
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GSA Has Property to Sell, But Its Not Easy
New York Times, via: @bruce_katz
As government agencies are forced to do more with less, the General Services Administration has stepped up its efforts to dispose…
Transport: Transit Wiki, Richmond VA Transit Network Plans, Driving Down & Highway Spending Up, Speeding Seattle Transit Studies
April 11, 2013
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Transit Wiki for Information Sharing
Human Transit
I've recently learned of a new resource for sharing knowledge and best practices related to transit planning: transitwiki.org.
Urbanism & Design: NJ Waterfront Development Feud, Sheep As Lawmowers, Chicago TIF Strategy, Creating Silicon Valley Urban Center
April 8, 2013
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A City Model During the Great War
Bldg Blog
Past Horizons reported the other week that "a large concrete terrain model on Cannock Chase, representing a section of the Great War battle of Messines Ridge, is to be excavated" by archaeologists later this year.
Urbanism & Design: East Portland Rises, Makeover For Dead Dallas Mall, TOD Tax Near Subways In India, Pedestrian Injuries & Crosswalks, Placemaking TOD
April 4, 2013
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Biotech Firms Select Newer Urban Clusters
Commercial Property Executive
Out with the old and in with the new seems to be the motto for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies today-at least when it comes to their real estate.
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