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OBAMA ADMINISTRATION CHARTS NEW COURSE FOR TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING INVESTMENTS
Emphasis on coordination and collaboration, sustainability and livability

HUD ANNOUNCES OFFICE OF SUSTAINABLE HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES DIRECTED BY SHELLEY POTICHA
Secretary Donovan also cites Reconnecting America CEO John Robert Smith, Affordability Index, regional planning initiatives, and says he’ll find new financing tools for TOD

RECONNECTING AMERICA ANALYZES NEW STARTS/SMALL STARTS PROGRAM
FY2011 projects and $1.8 billion funding listed, impact of changes to funding criteria is discussed

Best Practices 
Commuting in Belgian metropolitan areas: The power of the Alonso-Muth model
Researchers conduct a number of cluster analyses from which they derive a commuting typology of city region areas · PDF

The evolution of the commuting network in Germany: Spatial and connectivity patterns
The focus of this paper is to explore how the German commuting network evolves, from two perspectives: space and connectivity · PDF

New Starts: Lessons Learned For Discretionary Federal Transportation Funding Programs
The research analyzes 49 USC Section 5309 (Transit) “New Starts” program administered by the Federal Transit Administration · PDF

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MAKING THE TWIN CITIES MORE WALKABLE
New CTOD report provides methodology for assessing and boosting the walkability of a place

CAPTURING THE VALUE OF TRANSIT
New report by Center for Transit-Oriented Development released

FINANCING TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT
Policy Options and Strategies in the San Francisco Bay Area

APTA Heritage Trolley

The APTA Streetcar and Heritage Trolley Subcommittee was formed to promote the development of vintage/heritage trolley lines and modern streetcar lines in urban centers, to foster information exchange among those planning or operating such lines, and to encourage reasonable technical and safety standards.

(April 5, 2007)

APTA: The American Public Transportation Association

An international organization for the bus, rapid transit and commuter rail systems industry, APTA works to ensure that public transportation is available and accessible for all Americans in communities across the country.

(April 5, 2007)

Center for Transportation Excellence

The Center for Transportation Excellence is a non-partisan policy research center created to provide research materials, strategies and other forms of support on the benefits of public transportation.

(April 5, 2007)

Citizens for Progressive Transit

Citizens for Progressive Transit (CfPT) is Atlanta's grassroots transit advocacy organization. CfPT is committed to working with MARTA and regional leaders to help bring about comprehensive, long-term improvements to public transportation throughout the greater Atlanta region.

(July 6, 2009)

Cyburbia

Cyburbia was founded in 1994, and is the Internet's oldest continuously operating planning-related Web site; it functions today as a portal and busy social networking site for planners and others interested in the built environment.

(April 8, 2008)

Federal Transit Administration's TOD and Joint Development Page

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has a page devoted to Transit-Oriented and Joint Development programs. There you will find links to resources as well as technical guidance.

(September 10, 2007)

Light Rail Now

The Light Rail Now Project believes that presenting facts, reliable information, and well-supported arguments is the way to counteract the avalanche of misinformation and misconception about mass transit. They are an excellent resource.

(April 5, 2007)

Light Rail Transit Association

Information and campaigning about better public transport through trams, tramways, streetcars and light rail transit systems.

(April 5, 2007)

Planetizen: The Planning and Development Network

Planetizen is a public-interest information exchange provided by Urban Insight for the urban planning, design, and development community.

(April 13, 2007)

Project for Public Spaces

Project for Public Spaces (PPS) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating and sustaining public places that build communities. PPS was founded in 1975 to build upon the pioneering Street Life Project of writer-sociologist William H. Whyte.

(April 13, 2007)

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