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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 
More Transit = More Jobs: The Impact Of Increasing Funding For Public Transit
This study of Transportation Improvement Programs (TIPs) in 20 metropolitan areas found that shifting 50 percent of highway funds to transit would generate a net gain of 180,150 jobs over five years without a single dollar of new spending. · PDF

Evaluating Public Transportation Health Benefits
This report investigates ways that public transportation affects human health, and ways to incorporate these impacts into transport policy and planning decisions. · PDF

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

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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

Implementing Transit-Oriented Development: Strategies And Tools

City of Somerville Citywide Planning Steering Committee, Feb. 16, 2010

Sam Zimbabwe addressed a Steering Committee working on citywide planning issues in the City of Somerville, MA. Building on previous work on equitable TOD in the city and other experiences nationally, Sam's presentation focused on what local jurisdictions can do to support transit-oriented development.

(February 23, 2010)

Improving Intercity Rail

PowerPoint presentation from Rail~Volution in Boston

John Robert Smith, President & CEO Reconnecting America, discusses improving intercity rail in this Powerpoint presentation given at the Rail~Volution conference Friday, Oct. 23, in Boston.

(November 2, 2009)

Public Transportation 101

Federal Funding And Programs Under SAFETEA-LU

The Public Transportation 101: Federal Funding and Programs Under SAFETEA-LU powerpoint presentation offers an overview of transit facts, public transportation funding, explanation of federal transit programs (Title 49) and TOD and community building. The presentation was created by Mariia Zimmerman, Reconnecting America's Vice President For Policy, in May 2009.

(May 27, 2009)

Transit-Oriented Development: National Examples and Best Practices

CMAP Seminar, January 12, 2009

Sam Zimbabwe presented on TOD at the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning's workshop titled: "Crisis and Opportunities: Transit-Oriented Development and the Region's Economy". The presentation outlines some of the goals and benefits of TOD and how barriers to implementation can be addressed. The workshop also included regional projects and the Mayor of Palatine, Illinois talking about the downtown transformation in her city.

(January 13, 2009)

Getting the Most From the Green Line

Build Boston 2008 conference Nov. 20, 2008

Sam Zimbabwe, Technical Assistance Director, participated in a panel during the Build Boston 2008 conference with Monica Lamboy, Executive Director of the City of Somerville Mayor's Office of Strategic Planning & Community Development, and Meridith Levy, Organizing Director of the Somerville Community Corporation about the planned Green Line extension in Somerville, Massachusetts. This powerpoint was used by all three participants to explain the challenges and opportunities for creating equitable transit-oriented development and ongoing participation by a variety of stakeholders.

(November 25, 2008)

Creating Communities in the Era of Climate Change

Reconnecting America CEO Shelley Potichia gave a talk on Creating Communities in the Era of Climate Change at Rail-Volution in October, 2008.

At Rail~Volution 2008, October 26-30 in San Francisco, Reconnecting America CEO Shelley Poticha gave a talk on Creating Communities in the Era of Climate Change. A recording of that talk with the slides shown is online. Follow this link.

(October 31, 2008)

Transportation and Housing Costs

Issues and Opportunities

Sam Zimmerman-Bergman, Technical Assistance Director, Reconnecting America, presentation to Live Near York Work “Breakfast in the Bullpen”, June 17, 2008

(September 25, 2008)

Equity and Transit-Oriented Development

Trends and Opportunities for Reform

Presentation by Sam Zimmerman-Bergman, Project Director, Reconnecting America, to the Good Jobs First National Conference, May 8, 2008

(September 25, 2008)

Transit-Oriented Development

Factors and Elements of Success

A presentation to the APA Florida Chapter, Transit-Oriented Development Workshop, September 4, 2008, by Sam Zimbabwe, LEED AP, Technical Assistance Director, Reconnecting America

(September 25, 2008)

Innovations in TOD: A National Perspective

A presentation by Shelley Poticha May 2008 to the NYMTA Sustainability Commission

(July 28, 2008)

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