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Discussing How Local Agencies Put Transit to Work in Main Street America
September 4, 2012
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Reconnecting America Policy Associate Sasha Forbes attended the Community Transportation Association Expo in Baltimore in May in order to discuss Reconnecting America's report, "Putting Transit to Work in Main Street America: How Smaller Cities and Rural Places Are Using Transit and Mobility Investments to Strengthen Their Economies and Communities." While Forbes was at the conference, she interviewed people active in providing transportation in smaller cities and rural areas.
Los Angeles Orange Line Bus Rapid Transit Sustainable Corridor Implementation Plan Released
July 30, 2012
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Shortly after the opening of the Orange Line corridor extension to Chatsworth, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“Metro”) released the Orange Line Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Sustainable Corridor Implementation Plan (CIP).
Reconnecting America and Community Transportation Association of America release Putting Transit to Work in Main Street America
May 24, 2012
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Reconnecting America and the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) today released a report that examines how smaller communities and rural regions are using transit and other mobility investments to revitalize their economies and connect residents to local and regional opportunities.
FTA New Starts Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking
March 12, 2012
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Reconnecting America's policy team has prepared a table summarizing the major changes to the evaluation criteria that the Federal Transit Administration is proposing for its project justification criteria for New Starts and Small Starts projects.
Reconnecting America Applauds TIGERII Grants
October 20, 2010
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Reconnecting America President and CEO John Robert Smith applauded today's award of nearly $600 million in Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) II construction and planning grants.
CTOD Creates Citywide Toolkit For TOD In Los Angeles
March 31, 2010
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The Center for Transit-Oriented Development (CTOD) has released the "Creating Successful Transit Oriented Districts in Los Angeles: A Citywide Toolkit for Achieving Regional Goals" report, which assesses opportunities to improve land use and transportation linkages in communities surrounding 70 existing and planned transit stations in the City of Los Angeles. The report identifies strategies to help communities around transit stations achieve high transit ridership, increase mixed-income and mixed-use housing opportunities and create sustainable neighborhoods while offering its residents a wealth of travel options.
Cool the planet with transit
May 29, 2009
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hifting from a highway-centered federal transportation focus to one centered around transit is explored in a U.S.PIRG document. The specific greenhouse gas savings from using transit is explored in another document. Finally, the national numbers behind greenhouse gases are explored in a FTA presentation.
