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A Decision-Support Framework For Using Value Capture to Fund Public Transit: Lessons From Project-Specific Analyses
June 11, 2012
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A May 2012 report on value capture mechanisms for funding transit has been added to the Resource Center best practices database. "A Decision-Support Framework For Using Value Capture to Fund Public Transit: Lessons From Project-Specific Analyses" examines tax-increment financing (TIF), special assessment districts (SADs), transit impact fees, joint developments, and air rights.
Blogosphere: City's Bike Usage Video, House Conference Work, Voting On Job Access In Atlanta, Bus & Rail Mantras
May 22, 2012
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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.
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Blogosphere: What Big City Transportation Officials Want
Transportation Issues Daily
The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) was founded to help key large cities have a "meaningful political and technical relationship with each other on transportation-related issues, and to develop a stronger critical relationship with USDOT...
Read On Blogosphere: Day in the Life of City's Bike Usage Grist…
The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) was founded to help key large cities have a "meaningful political and technical relationship with each other on transportation-related issues, and to develop a stronger critical relationship with USDOT...
Read On Blogosphere: Day in the Life of City's Bike Usage Grist…
A Decision-Support Framework For Using Value Capture to Fund Public Transit: Lessons From Project-Specific Analyses
May 8, 2012|Mineta Transportation Institute
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Executive Summary
The federal government, through various transportation acts, such as the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), and, more recently, the Safe, Affordable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), has reinforced the need for integration of land use and transportation and the provision of public transit. Other federal programs, such as the Livable Communities Program and the New Starts Program, have provided additional impetus to public transit. At the state and regional level, the past three decades have seen increased provision of public transit. However, the public transit systems typically require significant operating and capital subsidies—75 percent of transit funding is provided by local and state governments.1 With all levels of government under significant fiscal stress, new transit funding mechanisms are welcome. Value capture (VC) is once…
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