Creating transit-oriented development from the wreckage of the economic recession is the latest innovation rising in Phoenix.

DC Streetsblog "We all have Portland fatigue" Read On  

Reno, Nevada bills itself as the "Biggest Little City in the World." It's small wonder then that advocates for highway building are bemoaning the state of Reno's roads.

USA Today "There is this whole dynamic and irony at play here," says Gloria Ohland, vice president for communications at Reconnecting America, a national non-profit group that promotes giving consumers more housing and transportation choices. "Unless there are parking spaces, you're not going to get people to use transit." Read On  

Do you have an understanding of affordable housing and transit-oriented development principles and strategies? Can you identify policy strategies, particularly for federal reform in Congress and at Administration levels? Would you like to immerse yourself in research and writing with a focus on mixed-income housing and sustainable communities?

Reconnecting America has an immediate opening for a Policy Associate in its Washington, DC, office. The Policy Associate will work to elevate Reconnecting America’s overall presence in national research and policy-making forums on mixed-income housing located near transit, and work with other Reconnecting America staff to achieve adoption of transit and equitable TOD supportive policies and investments at the federal level in particular, but also at state and local level. The position reports to the Policy Director and works in close coordination with the policy team and other program areas of the organization.

Tampa Bay Online "At the end of the day, we have to figure out what the public will support," said task force member Bob Abberger, a prominent developer. "It does not matter what we support." Read On