Featured Stories LIVABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES – TAKING ACTION FOR A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE Reconnecting America Participates in White House briefing FTA LIVABLE COMMUNITIES WEBSITE Federal site links to many Reconnecting America resources for the development of sustainable communities, affordable housing and transit-oriented development TIGER GRANTS FUND WAVE OF TRANSPORTATION INNOVATION TIGER program demonstrates Administration’s continued commitment to livability, says Reconnecting America CEO John Robert Smith
Best Practices Designing Roads That Guide Drivers To Choose Safer Speeds This report describes an investigation into whether or not physical characteristics of the roadway and the roadside environment are associated with actual vehicle running speeds, · PDF Legal Handbook For The New Starts Process Overview of the FTA’s New Starts project development process and the legal issues associated with it · PDF Moving Toward Implementation: An Examination Of The Organizational And Political Structures Of Transit-Oriented Development Explores the costs and impacts of Transit Oriented Development and addresses the rationale for designing transit-oriented neighborhoods · 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
