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Somerville Housing Symposium
September 27, 2011
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Reconnecting America's Sam Zimbabwe, the director of the Center for Transit-Oriented Development, will be in Somerville, Mass., on Sept. 27 as the keynote speaker at a housing symposium. More details here
Implementing Transit-Oriented Development: Strategies And Tools
February 23, 2010|Sam Zimbabwe, Center for Transit-Oriented Development director
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Sam Zimbabwe addressed a Steering Committee working on citywide planning issues in the City of Somerville, MA. Building on previous work on equitable TOD in the city and other experiences nationally, Sam's presentation focused on what local jurisdictions can do to support transit-oriented development.
New Jersey: Somerville Transit Village Designation
February 18, 2010|Central Jersey
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The borough is waiting to find out whether it will earn a special designation from the state Department of Transportation that local officials say will help the municipality as it seeks grants...
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Boston: Somerville & Medford Divided on Extension
January 29, 2010|Wicked Local
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There seems to be a consensus that Somerville and Medford should present a unified front when petitioning the state to end the Green Line extension at Route 16 in Medford. But whether there is actually consensus between the two cities on the end point is debatable....
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Boston: Green Line Funding in Question
July 22, 2009|Boston Globe
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The Green Line extension to Somerville and Medford is getting more
expensive and potentially shorter. Work on a $1.5 billion bus tunnel
underneath Boston Common has been put on hold indefinitely. Seventeen
highway projects valued at $870 million are probably being canceled.....
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Somerville: Opportunities for Equitable Transit-Oriented Development
November 17, 2008
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Somerville: Reconnecting America worked with the Somerville Community Corporation to identify needs and opportunities for equitable transit-oriented development in the City of Somerville, with a focus on the planned extension of the Green Line. The report highlights demographic and real estate trends, and outlines a series of strategies for achieving mixed-income TOD.
Somerville Analysis Maps
May 12, 2008
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These are maps created for work we did for the Somerville CDC on strategies to preserve affordable housing. Somerville Community Corporation (SCC), through the support of the Surdna Foundation, has engaged Reconnecting America’s Center for Transit-Oriented Development to prepare this report on the challenges and opportunities for equitable transit-oriented development, as well as some of the strategies that have been deployed successfully around transit projects elsewhere in the country
- Somerville Two & Three Unit Housing (PDF, 735 KB)
- Somerville Federally Assisted Housing Units (PDF, 757 KB)
- Somerville Cost Per Residential Square Foot (PDF, 732 KB)
- Somerville Diversity (PDF, 679 KB)
- Somerville Geographies (PDF, 760 KB)
- Somerville Land Use (PDF, 776 KB)
- Somerville Underutilized Properties (PDF, 781 KB)
- Somerville Vulnerable Areas (PDF, 1.6 MB)
TCRP Report 33: Transit-Friendly Streets: Design and Traffic Management Strategies to Support Livable Communities
January 1, 1998|Project for Public Spaces
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This Phase II report addresses the connection between transit and streets, recognizing that the design and management of streets and traffic can and does affect the livability of communities. This report presents strategies that are emerging across the United States, where the effective, balanced incorporation of transit into city streets is having a positive impact on livability and quality of life.
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