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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

LEVERAGING FEDERAL TRANSIT FUNDS TO PROMOTE JOB CONNECTIVITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Reconnecting America offers ideas on how to improve federal New Starts and Small Starts project justification criteria

RECONNECTING AMERICA ENDORSES LIVABLE COMMUNITIES ACT AMENDMENT
Letter from RA, Transportation for America and LOCUS backs creation of funding tools for TOD infrastructure

Best Practices 
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

Bus Rapid Transit and Transit Oriented Development: Case Studies on Transit Oriented Development Around Bus Rapid Transit Systems in North America and Australia
Provides examples of BRT-based TOD along corridors Brisbane, Australia; Cleveland, Ohio; Boston, Mass.; and Ottawa, Ontario · PDF

Bus and Rail Transit Preferential Treatments in Mixed Traffic
This synthesis series reports on current knowledge and practice, in a compact format, · 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

AARP Public Policy Institute Livable Communities

conducts research and policy analysis to develop and advance AARP’s public policy agenda on livable communities issues.

The Public Policy Institute’s Livable Communities Team conducts research and policy analysis and brings together thought leaders to develop and advance AARP’s public policy agenda on livable communities issues. The team examines critical public policy issues that affect the ability of people to successfully age in their homes and communities by promoting the livability of communities through affordable and accessible housing and mobility options. Our goal is to foster sound and creative solutions that meet the challenges of an aging society and to inform state and national policymakers, opinion leaders, researchers, program planners, and administrators.

(April 13, 2010)

APTA Heritage Trolley

The APTA Streetcar and Heritage Trolley Subcommittee was formed to promote the development of vintage/heritage trolley lines and modern streetcar lines in urban centers, to foster information exchange among those planning or operating such lines, and to encourage reasonable technical and safety standards.

(April 5, 2007)

APTA: The American Public Transportation Association

An international organization for the bus, rapid transit and commuter rail systems industry, APTA works to ensure that public transportation is available and accessible for all Americans in communities across the country.

(April 5, 2007)

Center for Transportation Excellence

The Center for Transportation Excellence is a non-partisan policy research center created to provide research materials, strategies and other forms of support on the benefits of public transportation.

(April 5, 2007)

Citizens for Progressive Transit

Citizens for Progressive Transit (CfPT) is Atlanta's grassroots transit advocacy organization. CfPT is committed to working with MARTA and regional leaders to help bring about comprehensive, long-term improvements to public transportation throughout the greater Atlanta region.

(July 6, 2009)

Cyburbia

Cyburbia was founded in 1994, and is the Internet's oldest continuously operating planning-related Web site; it functions today as a portal and busy social networking site for planners and others interested in the built environment.

(April 8, 2008)

Federal Transit Administration's TOD and Joint Development Page

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has a page devoted to Transit-Oriented and Joint Development programs. There you will find links to resources as well as technical guidance.

(September 10, 2007)

FTA Livable Communities Website

Federal site links to many Reconnecting America resources for the development of sustainable communities, affordable housing and transit-oriented development

The Federal Transit Administration has launched a new Livable and Sustainable Communities Website to advance the Department of Transportation’s Livability Initiative and the Interagency Sustainable Communities Partnership.

(February 25, 2010)

Initiative for Sustainable Communities and States

The Initiative for Sustainable Communities and States (ISCS) is a project of the Smart Growth Leadership Institute

The Initiative for Sustainable Communities and States website is a one-stop portal for state and local leaders to connect to the federal Sustainable Communities Partnership between HUD, DOT, and EPA. The site aggregates key updates from all three partnership agencies and the White House. It also publicizes information on relevant webinars, conferences, trainings and projects related to federal sustainability opportunities. In addition to providing federal sustainability news and information about events, organizers hope to establish the site as a vibrant e-networking hub at which to ask questions, trade ideas, and share innovative projects with others around the country.

(July 9, 2010)

Light Rail Now

The Light Rail Now Project believes that presenting facts, reliable information, and well-supported arguments is the way to counteract the avalanche of misinformation and misconception about mass transit. They are an excellent resource.

(April 5, 2007)

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