Reconnecting America Menu Bar  
Up Front

Featured Stories  Feed-icon-12x12
"MICROPOLITAN AMERICA" AND "ESSENTIAL" TRANSIT SERVICE
Reconnecting America CEO discusses intercity transit in rural America

TOD AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Center for Transit-Oriented Development releases quantitative analysis of potential greenhouse gas reductions of transit-oriented development from the transport sector

GETTING MORE JOBS FROM FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS
Study finds Transportation for America proposal would generate millions more jobs than current law

Best Practices 
Public Transportation: Federal Role in Value Capture Strategies for Transit Is Limited, but Additional Guidance Could Help Clarify Policies
GAO reviews transit agency and local government use of joint development and other value capture strategies to fund or finance transit; facilitators of, or hindrances to, the use of these; and the effects of federal policies and programs on the use of these strategies · PDF

Accessible Cities and Regions: A Framework for Sustainable Transport and Urbanism in the 21st Century
Explores how accessibility – the ability to efficiently reach oft-visited places – as a complement to the more traditional mobility-based measures of performance in transportation planning provides a balanced, more holistic approach to transportation analysis and planning · PDF

Putting Smart Growth to Work in Rural Communities
The report highlights successful implementation of smart growth strategies to support rural lands, revitalize existing communities, and create great new places for residents and visitors · 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

Implementing Transit-Oriented Development: Strategies And Tools

City of Somerville Citywide Planning Steering Committee, Feb. 16, 2010

Sam Zimbabwe, Center for Transit-Oriented Development director

Sam Zimbabwe addressed a Steering Committee working on citywide planning issues in the City of Somerville, MA. Building on previous work on equitable TOD in the city and other experiences nationally, Sam's presentation focused on what local jurisdictions can do to support transit-oriented development.

(February 23, 2010)

Improving Intercity Rail

PowerPoint presentation from Rail~Volution in Boston

John Robert Smith, President & CEO Reconnecting America, discusses improving intercity rail in this Powerpoint presentation given at the Rail~Volution conference Friday, Oct. 23, in Boston.

(November 2, 2009)

Public Transportation 101

Federal Funding And Programs Under SAFETEA-LU

The Public Transportation 101: Federal Funding and Programs Under SAFETEA-LU powerpoint presentation offers an overview of transit facts, public transportation funding, explanation of federal transit programs (Title 49) and TOD and community building. The presentation was created by Mariia Zimmerman, Reconnecting America's Vice President For Policy, in May 2009.

(May 27, 2009)

Transit-Oriented Development: National Examples and Best Practices

CMAP Seminar, January 12, 2009

Sam Zimbabwe

Sam Zimbabwe presented on TOD at the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning's workshop titled: "Crisis and Opportunities: Transit-Oriented Development and the Region's Economy". The presentation outlines some of the goals and benefits of TOD and how barriers to implementation can be addressed. The workshop also included regional projects and the Mayor of Palatine, Illinois talking about the downtown transformation in her city.

(January 13, 2009)

Getting the Most From the Green Line

Build Boston 2008 conference Nov. 20, 2008

Sam Zimbabwe, Technical Assistance Director, participated in a panel during the Build Boston 2008 conference with Monica Lamboy, Executive Director of the City of Somerville Mayor's Office of Strategic Planning & Community Development, and Meridith Levy, Organizing Director of the Somerville Community Corporation about the planned Green Line extension in Somerville, Massachusetts. This powerpoint was used by all three participants to explain the challenges and opportunities for creating equitable transit-oriented development and ongoing participation by a variety of stakeholders.

(November 25, 2008)

Creating Communities in the Era of Climate Change

Reconnecting America CEO Shelley Potichia gave a talk on Creating Communities in the Era of Climate Change at Rail-Volution in October, 2008.

At Rail~Volution 2008, October 26-30 in San Francisco, Reconnecting America CEO Shelley Poticha gave a talk on Creating Communities in the Era of Climate Change. A recording of that talk with the slides shown is online. Follow this link.

(October 31, 2008)

Transportation and Housing Costs

Issues and Opportunities

Sam Zimmerman-Bergman

Sam Zimmerman-Bergman, Technical Assistance Director, Reconnecting America, presentation to Live Near York Work “Breakfast in the Bullpen”, June 17, 2008

(September 25, 2008)

Equity and Transit-Oriented Development

Trends and Opportunities for Reform

Sam Zimmerman-Bergman

Presentation by Sam Zimmerman-Bergman, Project Director, Reconnecting America, to the Good Jobs First National Conference, May 8, 2008

(September 25, 2008)

Transit-Oriented Development

Factors and Elements of Success

Sam Zimbabwe

A presentation to the APA Florida Chapter, Transit-Oriented Development Workshop, September 4, 2008, by Sam Zimbabwe, LEED AP, Technical Assistance Director, Reconnecting America

(September 25, 2008)

Innovations in TOD: A National Perspective

A presentation by Shelley Poticha May 2008 to the NYMTA Sustainability Commission

(July 28, 2008)

Tracks

CTOD Blog

donate

Transportation for America