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"MICROPOLITAN AMERICA" AND "ESSENTIAL" TRANSIT SERVICE
Reconnecting America CEO discusses intercity transit in rural America

TOD AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Center for Transit-Oriented Development releases quantitative analysis of potential greenhouse gas reductions of transit-oriented development from the transport sector

GETTING MORE JOBS FROM FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS
Study finds Transportation for America proposal would generate millions more jobs than current law

Best Practices 
Public Transportation: Federal Role in Value Capture Strategies for Transit Is Limited, but Additional Guidance Could Help Clarify Policies
GAO reviews transit agency and local government use of joint development and other value capture strategies to fund or finance transit; facilitators of, or hindrances to, the use of these; and the effects of federal policies and programs on the use of these strategies · PDF

Accessible Cities and Regions: A Framework for Sustainable Transport and Urbanism in the 21st Century
Explores how accessibility – the ability to efficiently reach oft-visited places – as a complement to the more traditional mobility-based measures of performance in transportation planning provides a balanced, more holistic approach to transportation analysis and planning · PDF

Putting Smart Growth to Work in Rural Communities
The report highlights successful implementation of smart growth strategies to support rural lands, revitalize existing communities, and create great new places for residents and visitors · 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

Made In USA: Portland's Streetcar Debut

Made In USA: Portland's Streetcar Debut

Transportation Secretary LaHood lauds Portlands dedication to transit, environment

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was in Oregon the other day to tout metro Portland's mass transit innovations and lavish praise on the first U.S.-made streetcar in nearly 60 years.

(July 2, 2009)

Training NY municipalities in Transit-Oriented Development

Tappan Zee Bridge/I-287 Corridor Project includes training, tools for TOD

Cities from Suffern in Rockland County to Port Chester in Westchester County in New York will receive Transit-Oriented Development resources and training as part of a Tappan Zee Bridge/I-287 Corridor Project, including assistance from Reconnecting America.

(June 26, 2009)

Teaching how to address major challenges of TOD projects

Teaching how to address major challenges of TOD projects

National Charrette Institute to hold July sessions in Portland and Harvard

The National Charrette Institute (NCI) is a non-profit that teaches professionals and community leaders the NCI Charrette System, a design based, collaborative project management system that features a multiple-day charrette. The National Charrette Institute teaches the Charrette System for addressing the two major challenges of Transit Oriented Development (TOD).

(June 23, 2009)

Moving the Tracks at Reconnecting America

Moving the Tracks at Reconnecting America

Jeff Wood's newsletter gets a new, improved home

All the Transit and TOD News That's Fit to Print or Blog is moving to a home of its own here at ReconnectingAmerica.org.

(June 18, 2009)

DOT, HUD, EPA Coordinate 'Livability' Effort

Six "livability principles" will guide policy coordination

DOT Secretary Ray LaHood, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson announced an interagency partnership for sustainable communities on June 16. Six "livability principles" will guide policy coordination.

(June 16, 2009)

The Built Environment And Childhood Health

The Built Environment And Childhood Health

Pediatrics panel discusses link between sprawl and childhood weight problems

The American Academy of Pediatrics' Committee on Environmental Health has issued a policy statement that links suburban America's over-reliance on cars with childhood weight problems.

(June 5, 2009)

The Other Side Of The Tracks

May 29, 2009

All the Transit and TOD News That's Fit to Print or Blog

These links to news stories and blog posts about transit and TOD are collected daily by Jeff Wood, Reconnecting America's GIS specialist and a passionate transit advocate. Jeff's entire post plus commentary is sent by email to members of Reconnecting America (to join visit our Get Connected page); the first five articles of his daily post (which sometimes contains as many as two dozen links) are available here to nonmembers without his commentary.

Seattle: Northgate Grows Up

Research: New H+T Website Update!

Miami: Don't Cut Tri-Rail

Seattle: West Coast HSR

Cleveland: Audio Show, Cleveland's BRT

(May 29, 2009)

New Maps Show Urban Living Helps Curb Global Warming

New Maps Show Urban Living Helps Curb Global Warming

Research shows 70 percent less greenhouse gas emissions in compact neighborhoods

New research by the nonprofit Center for Neighborhood Technology comparing greenhouse gas emissions of city and suburban households has found that transportation-related emissions of people living in cities and compact neighborhoods can be nearly 70 percent less than those living in suburbs. This builds on CNT’s Housing+Transportation Index research, which shows that average transportation costs vary from a low of 14 percent of area household median income in transit-rich, compact communities, to highs of 28 percent or more in exurban areas where employment, retail, and other amenities are more dispersed.

(May 28, 2009)

The Other Side Of The Tracks

May 28, 2009

All the Transit and TOD News That's Fit to Print or Blog

These links to news stories and blog posts about transit and TOD are collected daily by Jeff Wood, Reconnecting America's GIS specialist and a passionate transit advocate. Jeff's entire post plus commentary is sent by email to members of Reconnecting America (to join visit our Get Connected page); the first five articles of his daily post (which sometimes contains as many as two dozen links) are available here to nonmembers without his commentary.

Blogosphere: Transit Maps to Scale

Blogosphere: Standardize Funding

Twin Cities: Which BRT You Gonna Get?

Blogosphere: Sprawl is Only Answer

Portland: Neighborhood Has High Hopes for Development

(May 28, 2009)

The Other Side Of The Tracks

May 27, 2009

All the Transit and TOD News That's Fit to Print or Blog

These links to news stories and blog posts about transit and TOD are collected daily by Jeff Wood, Reconnecting America's GIS specialist and a passionate transit advocate. Jeff's entire post plus commentary is sent by email to members of Reconnecting America (to join visit our Get Connected page); the first five articles of his daily post (which sometimes contains as many as two dozen links) are available here to nonmembers without his commentary.

National: Airport Rail Connections

Fort Worth: Airport Rail Controversy

San Francisco: Fiscal Mess Blamed on Contracts

New York: Vehicles Gone from Broadway

National: Demographic Changes Mean Other Changes?

(May 27, 2009)

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