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Downtown Carrollton Rail Station Master Plan Phase Two
July 28, 2011
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The April 2009 Downtown Carrollton Rail Station Master Plan Phase Two report has been added to the Best Practices research articles.
Station Area Planning for High-Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail
July 26, 2011
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Federal Railroad Administration's Office of Railroad Policy and Development has a released a station area planning guideline designed to be a reference tool for state transportation departments and local and regional jurisdictions.
New PolicyLink Guide Helps Communities Incorporate Equity Into Their Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Applications
July 25, 2011
In anticipation of HUD’s release of the Notice of Funding Availability for the latest round of Sustainable Communities Regional Planning grants, PolicyLink has released a guide to help applicants incorporate equity into their applications. The guide goes step-by-step through the grant application with specific instructions on how to fill out each section with an equity lens, as well as how to engage and include groups that focus on providing greater access to opportunity for low-income populations, communities of color, and other underserved populations. The guide cites Reconnecting America’s analysis of the previous round of grant recipients, which found equity to be one of nine common themes from winning 2010 applications.
Jarrett Walker - Frequency is Freedom
July 20, 2011
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Jarrett Walker discusses what he believes is the biggest communications failure of public discussions about transit. Frequency. At CNU in Madison, Walker discusses the lack of discussion on this important subject.
Jarrett Walker - Designing Transit Lines to "Be On the Way"
July 19, 2011
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Jarrett Walker who writes for Human Transit often talks about designing transit systems that work for people. In this interview at the CNU in Madison, Wisconsin, we asked Jarrett to describe his transit design theory, "Being On the Way".
Norman Garrick: Street Networks are the Building Blocks of Cities
July 11, 2011
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Norm Garrick, CNU Board Member and one of the leads on the transportation networks program discusses what they have been working on and how street networks are the building blocks of cities.
Yonah Freemark - Advice for Aspiring Transport Bloggers
July 8, 2011
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Anyone want to start a blog? It can be daunting. What do you want to write about? Who is your audience? Will people read? Those are questions that go through many people's heads before they take the plunge. Yonah Freemark who writes the wonderful Transport Politic discusses what he's learned so far in the blogging process. He has some advice for folks looking to start thier own blogs and its definitely worth a listen.
Jeff Tumlin - Business Expansion and City Office Space Needs
July 6, 2011
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Recently San Francisco got a slight scare. Its most famous tech company was expanding fast and needed space for new workers. However, the amount of office space needed was either split over multiple buildings or outside of the city. We often talk about the need to keep companies in cities and make sure they have incentives to stay, however this might be one of the major challenges of keeping buisinesses in the places where people can take transit or bike/walk to work. Jeff Tumlin of Nelson Nygaard discusses building floor plates and what that means for companies that want to stay in cities.
USDOT Announces Third Round of TIGER Grants for Innovative Transportation Projects Around the Country
July 1, 2011
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Today the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced the third round of funding in the popular TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) competitive grant program, which will provide $527 million for innovative, job-creating transportation projects. At least $141 million will go to projects in rural areas. Eligible projects must promote economic competitiveness, improve energy efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve safety, quality-of-life and working environments in communities. Unlike last year, no planning grants will be awarded this year and all the funding will be for project implementation. Eligible applicants, which include local governments, transit agencies, and metropolitan planning organizations, may submit up to three applications for consideration as the lead applicant. Additionally, any applicant applying for a TIGER TIFIA Payment must also submit a TIFIA letter of interest along with their application.
