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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

LEVERAGING FEDERAL TRANSIT FUNDS TO PROMOTE JOB CONNECTIVITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Reconnecting America offers ideas on how to improve federal New Starts and Small Starts project justification criteria

RECONNECTING AMERICA ENDORSES LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT AMENDMENT
Letter from RA, Transportation for America and LOCUS backs creation of funding tools for TOD infrastructure

Best Practices 
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

Bus Rapid Transit and Transit Oriented Development: Case Studies on Transit Oriented Development Around Bus Rapid Transit Systems in North America and Australia
Provides examples of BRT-based TOD along corridors Brisbane, Australia; Cleveland, Ohio; Boston, Mass.; and Ottawa, Ontario · PDF

Bus and Rail Transit Preferential Treatments in Mixed Traffic
This synthesis series reports on current knowledge and practice, in a compact format, · PDF

Projects  Feed-icon-12x12
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

Citizens for Modern Transit (St. Louis, MO)

Citizens for Modern Transit leads advocacy efforts to expand light rail as the critical component of an integrated, affordable and convenient public transportation system that will enable economic growth to improve quality of life in the St. Louis region.

(April 13, 2007)

Citizens for Progressive Transit Atlanta

Citizens for Progressive Transit is a group of Atlanta locals who are passionate about public transportation, and strive to be an information conduit between transit agencies and citizens.

(April 13, 2007)

Citizens Transportation Coalition (Houston, TX)

The Citizens' Transportation Coalition (CTC) is an all-volunteer grassroots transportation advocacy organization. CTC envisions transportation solutions that improve quality of life across the 8-county Houston region.

(April 13, 2007)

Coalition for Smarter Growth (DC Region)

The goal of the Coalition for Smarter Growth is to ensure that transportation and development decisions in the DC Region accommodate growth while revitalizing communities, providing more housing and travel choices, and conserving our natural and historic areas.

(April 5, 2007)

The Transit Coalition: Getting Southern California Moving

The Transit Coalition is a grassroots, all-volunteer organization that advocates a balance of bus, subway, commuter rail, light rail, bike, airport access, goods movement, physically challenged access and automobile transportation to get Los Angeles Region moving again.

(April 13, 2007)

TLC Minnesota

Transit for Livable Communities is a resource for information on transit, walking, bicycling, and development news in Minnesota.

(April 13, 2007)

TransForm (San Francisco Bay Area)

TransForm works to create world-class public transportation and walkable communities in the Bay Area and beyond. TransForm builds diverse coalitions, influences policy, and develops innovative programs to improve the lives of all people and protect the environment.

(April 5, 2007)

University United (St. Paul, MN)

University UNITED is a coalition of 12 community organizations and several businesspeople that works to revitalize the University Avenue Corridor through community-based planning and development.

(April 5, 2007)

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