Featured Stories 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
Projects 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
