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RECONNECTING AMERICA CEO CALLS FOR BOLD NEW AGENDA FOR SMALL-TOWN AMERICA
John Robert Smith tells Senate panel safe, strong and efficient transportation systems in small towns and rural areas are needed to grow economy and pursue the American Dream

LIVABILITY AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES – TAKING ACTION FOR A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE
Reconnecting America Participates in White House briefing

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

Best Practices 
A Tale of Two Eco-Suburbs in Freiburg, Germany: Parking Provision and Car Use
Compares two “eco-suburbs” of Freiburg, Germany, and the impact of differing parking restrictions on resident mode choice · PDF

Designing Roads That Guide Drivers To Choose Safer Speeds
This report describes an investigation into whether or not physical characteristics of the roadway and the roadside environment are associated with actual vehicle running speeds, · PDF

Legal Handbook For The New Starts Process
Overview of the FTA’s New Starts project development process and the legal issues associated with it · PDF

Projects  Feed-icon-12x12
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


 

A Tale of Two Eco-Suburbs in Freiburg, Germany: Parking Provision and Car Use

Compares two “eco-suburbs” of Freiburg, Germany, and the impact of differing parking restrictions on resident mode choice

Designing Roads That Guide Drivers To Choose Safer Speeds

This report describes an investigation into whether or not physical characteristics of the roadway and the roadside environment are associated with actual vehicle running speeds,

Legal Handbook For The New Starts Process

Overview of the FTA’s New Starts project development process and the legal issues associated with it

Moving Toward Implementation: An Examination Of The Organizational And Political Structures Of Transit-Oriented Development

Explores the costs and impacts of Transit Oriented Development and addresses the rationale for designing transit-oriented neighborhoods

Overlooked Density: Rethinking Transportation Options in Suburbia

The potential exists to create more integrated, sustainable, and multi-modal development in suburbia, by capitalizing on existing suburban multifamily development densities and locations.

Urban Street Design Guidelines

A comprehensive approach to designing new and modifi ed streets within Charlotte’s designated Sphere of Infl uence.

Examining the Impacts of Residential Self-Selection on Travel Behaviour: A Focus on Empirical Findings

Studies whether observed patterns of travel behaviour can be attributed to the residential built environment itself, as opposed to attitude-induced residential self-selection

A Brief Portrait of Multimodal Transportation Planning in Oregon and the Path to Achieving It, 1890-1974

Explains how Oregon has gone further, for longer, and been more successful than most places in pushing back against automobiles’ dominance of environment, lifestyle, and landscape

Making Affordable Housing at Transit a Reality: Best Practices in Transit Agency Joint Development

Researchers examined transit agency approaches to affordability in joint development in 24 U.S. cities. This report summarizes the best practices and outcomes

2008 BART Station Profile Study

The BART Station Profile Study provides a snapshot of weekday customers at each individual BART station and for the overall system.

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