Featured Stories 
RECONNECTING AMERICA RESPONDS TO OBAMA INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVE
CEO John Robert Smith applauds beginning of a national dialogue on investment in transportation infrastructure

RECONNECTING AMERICA WELCOMES NEW STAFF IN DC OFFICE
CEO John Robert Smith announces new policy director, deputy policy director

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

Best Practices 
More Transit = More Jobs: The Impact Of Increasing Funding For Public Transit
This study of Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs) in 20 metropolitan areas found that shifting 50 percent of highway funds to transit would generate a net gain of 180,150 jobs over five years without a single dollar of new spending. · PDF

Evaluating Public Transportation Health Benefits
This report investigates ways that public transportation affects human health, and ways to incorporate these impacts into transport policy and planning decisions. · PDF

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

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

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