Best Practices For TOD Strategies & Legislation
May 16, 2013
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Documents detailing transit-oriented development efforts in Seattle and Dallas have been added to the Resource Center's best practices database.
Are We There Yet? Ticket To Ride
May 14, 2013
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Editor's Note: Transit ridership is growing and communities across the nation have been responding with new transit systems and major expansions, with mayors often leading the way. But as this week's excerpt from Are We There Yet? illustrates, and recent updates to the Transit Space Race underline, federal funding is falling further behind what is necessary.
Visit the Are We There Yet? home Interest in transit has boomed during the past two decades, and transit ridership is up 13 percent since 2000. The American Public Transportation Association, in its 2011 analysis of transit use, found that “Americans took 10.4 billion trips on public transportation in 2011, the second highest annual ridership since 1957. Only ridership in 2008, when gas rose to more than $4 a gallon, surpassed last year’s ridership.” Regions across the country are responding by building new…
Visit the Are We There Yet? home Interest in transit has boomed during the past two decades, and transit ridership is up 13 percent since 2000. The American Public Transportation Association, in its 2011 analysis of transit use, found that “Americans took 10.4 billion trips on public transportation in 2011, the second highest annual ridership since 1957. Only ridership in 2008, when gas rose to more than $4 a gallon, surpassed last year’s ridership.” Regions across the country are responding by building new…
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.
Funding the Future: State Transportation Funding Proposals
May 13, 2013
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T4America will host a special online presentation on May 16th to get the inside scoop on state transportation funding proposals from the people making these changes happen.
Are We There Yet? 'Smart Mobility' Options
May 7, 2013
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Editor's Note: There are many ways to weave walking, biking, and transit into a seamless tapestry of transportation choices and today's excerpt from Are We There Yet? examines some of the myriad smartphone apps and other efforts that are creating the safe and pleasant connections to transit opportunities that are critical in order to give people more choices for getting around.
Visit the Are We There Yet? home The growing demand for more safe and pleasant environments for walking, biking and taking transit is being aided by transportation engineers like Dan Sturges, who are focused on making it easier for people to get to and from transit stations and bus stops — the so-called “first mile/last mile” connection. Because so many neighborhoods have been built to accommodate the automobile — with wide streets, deep lots and long distances between things — it isn’t always easy to get to stations, and there’s…
Visit the Are We There Yet? home The growing demand for more safe and pleasant environments for walking, biking and taking transit is being aided by transportation engineers like Dan Sturges, who are focused on making it easier for people to get to and from transit stations and bus stops — the so-called “first mile/last mile” connection. Because so many neighborhoods have been built to accommodate the automobile — with wide streets, deep lots and long distances between things — it isn’t always easy to get to stations, and there’s…
Modern Streetcar Vehicle Guideline
April 30, 2013
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"Modern Streetcar Vehicle Guideline," designed to support specification and procurement of modern streetcar vehicles by identifying and describing important technical and operating principles relating to their application, has been added to the Resource Center's best practices database.
Getting More From The Direct Transfer
April 26, 2013
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This week TheDirectTransfer.com celebrated its first full month of service
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.
Federal Policy Update: President's FY2014 Budget
April 10, 2013
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President's FY14 Budget
Today the President released his FY14 budget. This package of proposals
is the Administration’s annual request to Congress. Congress will have the ultimate decision-making power over what programs get funded as they develop appropriations bills later this year. Many of the proposals in the budget will face a steep uphill climb in Congress.
A short summary of the Key Proposals in the Administration's FY14 Budget for Transit, TOD, and Sustainable Communities is available here.
John Robert Smith Comments On Budget
A statement of John Robert Smith, President and CEO of Reconnecting America, on the Administration's Proposed FY14 Budget is available here.
Reconnecting America provides occasional updates on federal activities related to transit, TOD, and sustainable communities. Updates may include key legislative or regulatory actions, grant opportunities, relevant resources, or original…
Federal Policy Update: CTOD Comments On FTA Joint Development Circular, FTA Webinar Recording
April 8, 2013
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CTOD Comments On FTA's Proposed Circular On Joint Development Projects
Reconnecting America, Strategic Economics and the Center for Neighborhood Technology have released comments on the Federal Transit Administration's proposed circular on joint development.
The three are partners in the Center for Transit-Oriented Development, the only national effort dedicated to providing best practices, research, and tools to support equitable market-based transit-oriented development (TOD), and therefore uniquely qualified to discuss the FTA's proposed guidance to transit agencies on joint development projects.
Joint development projects are undertaken by transit agencies and public, private, or nonprofit entities to create transit-supportive development near transit stations. Joint development projects often take place on land owned by the transit agency, and can be stand-alone projects or part of larger TOD efforts. Transit agencies' contribution to TOD through joint development activities…
