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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

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Quote of the Day

Charlotte Business Journal

"The whole plan is a mess. We've got to go back to scratch here. I am totally in favor of transit, but I'm not in favor of investing in idiotic ideas."
 
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(August 31, 2010)

Blogosphere: A Different Model for Transit Lines

Next American City + Must Read

Blame Portland. Before Oregon's biggest city had the gall to spend its own money constructing a streetcar line running through downtown, few were particularly interested in bringing back what was considered, for better or worse, an antiquated mode of transportation....
 
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(August 31, 2010)

National: Transit Easier to Predict with Smart Phones

USA Today

This issue of Community Investments explores the growing practice of transit-oriented development (TOD) and its implications for community development. The articles provide an introduction to basic TOD concepts and also explore issues such as how transit affects economic opportunities for LMI workers and the interrelationship between transit and schools...
 
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(August 31, 2010)

National: Portland Streetcar Fuels Interest Elsewhere

USA Today

A decade ago, the Pearl District in Portland, Ore., was a dicey warehouse area. A streetcar line that opened in 2001 helped transform it into a lively neighborhood with boutiques, condos and restaurants...
 
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(August 30, 2010)

Andriana Abariotes Joins Reconnecting America Board of Directors.

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

Reconnecting America CEO John Robert Smith announced today the addition of Andriana Abariotes to the organization’s Board of Directors.

(August 26, 2010)

Blogosphere: Partnerships for Increasing Infrastructure

Brookings

Thank you very much Mayor Villaraigosa. I am pleased to be here and very much appreciate your invitation to discuss Los Angeles' 30/10 Initiative and transportation reform with you and Senator Boxer. As you know, the proposal is profoundly important to the future health and prosperity of the Los Angeles metropolitan area....
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(August 25, 2010)

Cincinnati: Streetcar Route Now Coveted

Cincinnati Enquirer

Mount Auburn planners envision new homes and shops along a streetcar route on Vine.  Clifton Heights planners see thousands of University of Cincinnati riders taking the streetcar on West Clifton. As a decision nears on the best streetcar route from Downtown to Uptown, communities are competing to be the pick. To the winner will go the promise of enhanced property values and the potential for new retail, housing and office space....
 
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(August 24, 2010)

MPO convening in Atlanta

Reconnecting America staff Kelley Britt and Alia Anderson will attend a peer exchange for selected MPOs, hosted by the Atlanta Regional Commission and the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center. The meeting will be an opportunity for invitees to share best practices in regional planning for sustainable communities and transit-oriented development.

(August 24, 2010)

Quote of the Day

Tampa Tribune

"I'm not afraid to say it - bus rapid transit is not acceptable,"
 
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(August 20, 2010)

Denver: New Ridership Estimates for Fastracks

Denver Post

RTD has new estimates of future transit ridership for the unfunded FasTracks rail lines that show boardings will be about double what the agency predicted earlier on some of the corridors.  The more robust ridership numbers, however, are coming too late for rail lines that lost out in an earlier bid for federal money...
 
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(August 18, 2010)

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