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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 
Overlooked Density: Rethinking Transportation Options in Suburbia
The potential exists to create more integrated, sustainable, and multi-modal development in suburbia, by capitalizing on existing suburban multifamily development densities and locations. · PDF

Urban Street Design Guidelines
A comprehensive approach to designing new and modifi ed streets within Charlotte’s designated Sphere of Infl uence. · PDF

Examining the Impacts of Residential Self-Selection on Travel Behaviour: A Focus on Empirical Findings
Studies whether observed patterns of travel behaviour can be attributed to the residential built environment itself, as opposed to attitude-induced residential self-selection · PDF

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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

Quote of the Day

Seattle Post Inteligencer

"The lack of federal leadership the last eight years -- and broadly going back all the way to the (housing) moratorium that Nixon put in place -- forced development of a federalism that drove innovation from the local level,"
 
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Posted February 5, 2010

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