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RECONNECTING AMERICA RESPONDS TO OBAMA INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVE
CEO John Robert Smith applauds beginning of a national dialogue on investment in transportation infrastructure

RECONNECTING AMERICA WELCOMES NEW STAFF IN DC OFFICE
CEO John Robert Smith announces new policy director, deputy policy director

ANDRIANA ABARIOTES JOINS RECONNECTING AMERICA BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Reconnecting America CEO John Robert Smith cites her outstanding skill set in the arena of community development and affordable housing

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More Transit = More Jobs: The Impact Of Increasing Funding For Public Transit
This study of Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs) in 20 metropolitan areas found that shifting 50 percent of highway funds to transit would generate a net gain of 180,150 jobs over five years without a single dollar of new spending. · PDF

Evaluating Public Transportation Health Benefits
This report investigates ways that public transportation affects human health, and ways to incorporate these impacts into transport policy and planning decisions. · PDF

Case Studies on Transit and Livable Communities in Rural and Small Town America
Offers a dozen examples of small towns and rural regions working to make their communities more livable · 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

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Press Register

"It's quaint. It's pedestrian-friendly. It's completely illegal under most cities' zoning rules, including the ordinances that govern most development in Mobile."
 
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(August 16, 2010)

Blogosphere: Can A Toll Serve as Growth Boundary?

Greater Greater Washington

It's a commonly accepted axiom among many of the contributors of this blog that freeway tolls help drivers internalize the cost of their housing and transportation decisions. Could Virginia use tolls as a substitute for a statutory growth boundary? ...
 
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(August 16, 2010)

Blogosphere: Transit Trust Fund, 21st Century Solution

Greater Greater Washington

Cities and towns all over the United States are demanding more transit infrastructure. But a lack of funding has stymied transit expansion. Finding a solution to this problem is essential...
 
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(August 16, 2010)

Maryland: Magic Johnson Invests in TOD

Maryland Gazette

An investment team including former basketball star Magic Johnson announced a $17.5 million assist to build a 1.6 million-square-foot planned community across from the Dorsey MARC station planned by Lutherville's Preston Capital Management....
 
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(August 16, 2010)

International: Cairo's Poor Uncertain How They Fit In

Los Angeles Times

They squirm through hillside garbage and nose around the threshold of his house. He wants to escape but he sees only slums, a vast empire of crumbling brick and tangled kites, filled with faces just like his. He had imagined a better life....
 
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(August 16, 2010)

National: Free Parking Comes at Price

New York Times

In our society, cars receive considerable attention and study - whether the subject is buying and selling them, the traffic congestion they cause or the dangerous things we do in them, like texting and talking on cellphones while driving...
 
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(August 16, 2010)

Bay Area: If You Build a Transit Village Will They Come?

Capricious Commuter

A new parking garage is going up at the Richmond BART station as part of a trend of building transit-oriented development near rapid transit stations. Work began Tuesday on a six-story parking garage that will free up space for construction of 100 homes at the station, reports Katherine Tam in the Contra Costa Times....
 
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(August 16, 2010)

Quote of the Day

Peter Sagal's Blog

"I had time to yell STOP STOP STOP! but not to brake, and she never saw me."
 
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(August 13, 2010)

Blogosphere: Cali Dem Blasts HUD Happy Talk

Politico

Rep. Dennis Cardoza doesn't think that Housing and Urban Development Department Secretary Shaun Donovan has any right to tout the administration's successes at preventing home foreclosures in California. ..
 
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(August 13, 2010)

Sacramento: Light Rail to Airport Faces Uphill Battle

Sacramento Bee

For decades, Sacramento Regional Transit has built light-rail lines through all manner of urban terrain, but its planned line through Natomas to Sacramento International Airport may represent the agency's toughest task yet...
 
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(August 13, 2010)

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