MTC’s TOD Policy
On Aug. 9, Allison Brooks and Abigail Thorne-Lyman will be a the kickoff meeting of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s TOD Policy review. More on MTC's current policy can be found here.
(August 6, 2010)
Quote of the Day
Denver Post (via Bill S)
"At first, I thought, 'Gosh, public transportation, what's wrong with that, and what's wrong with people parking their cars and riding their bikes? And what's wrong with incentives for green cars?' But if you do your homework and research, you realize ICLEI is part of a greater strategy to rein in American cities under a United Nations treaty,"
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(August 5, 2010)
Blogosphere: How to Make Smart Growth Affordable
Grist
Let's say you want to live in one of those fancy Smart Growth developments that green urbanists are always going on about. Let's say you want to live in any neighborhood with transit service and a grid that encourages walking and biking...
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(August 5, 2010)
Blogosphere: Will LA Revolutionize Transit Funding?
The City Fix
On Friday, we wrote about value capture strategies as a form of alternative funding for struggling public transit agencies around the nation. Nationwide, transit agencies are exploring non-traditional financing options as federal and state funding for transit remains low....
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(August 5, 2010)
Twin Cities: Central Corridor Needs a Better Name
Minnesota Post
A half century after the Interstate highways were built you can still see the scars. Drive through almost any town in America and you'll find a struggling main street lined with the ghosts of mom-and-pop stores and town cafes that couldn't compete with the big boxes and fast-food joints that went up on the outskirts, out by the interchanges...
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(August 5, 2010)
Pennsylvania: Ardmore Transit Center Project
Main Line Media News
The proposed Ardmore Transit Center Project has received an additional $9 million Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program ("RACP") grant from Governor Rendell through the Redevelopment Authority of Montgomery County...
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(August 5, 2010)
Quote of the Day
Brisbane Times
"The people of Brisbane have told council that they prefer growth to be located along transport corridors such as busways and train stations and at inner-city locations,"
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(August 4, 2010)
National: The Smart Money is on Smart Growth
Reuters
This suburb of Washington, D.C. inspired R.E.M.'s 1984 song about the soul-sucking blandness of a suburban adolescence that has been a staple of rock and roll. "(Don't Go Back to) Rockville" described a town of empty houses, "where nobody says hello."..
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(August 4, 2010)
Los Angeles: TOD Summit - Building Transit Culture
ULI (via Neil P)
If the 440 attendees of ULI-LA's TOD Summit, held on June 4, 2010, are any indicators, the real estate and development community of Los Angeles is embracing transit-oriented development (TOD) to a degree unimaginable as recently as five or six-years ago....
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(August 4, 2010)
Research: Light Rail's Access to Low Wage Jobs
Transportationist
The analysis finds that proximity to light rail stations and bus stops offering direct rail connections are associated with large, statistically significant gains in accessibility to low-wage jobs. These gains stand out from changes in accessibility for the transit system as a whole. The
paper concludes by discussing implications of the study results for informing more equitable transit polices in the future...
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paper concludes by discussing implications of the study results for informing more equitable transit polices in the future...
(August 4, 2010)
