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
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
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
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
By Jeff Wood
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
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
By Jeff Wood
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
By Jeff Wood
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)
