Reconnecting America President And CEO Appointed To HUD Post
Shelley Poticha will be Department of Housing and Urban Development Senior Advisor for Sustainable Housing and Communities
Reconnecting America President and CEO Shelley Poticha has been appointed Senior Advisor for Sustainable Housing and Communities at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan made the announcement on Friday, July 24.
(July 24, 2009)
HUD, DOT to promote affordable, sustainable communities
Partnership follows recommendations of Reconnecting America and the Center for Transit-Oriented Development
The secretaries of the US Department of Transportation and HUD have announced their intent to focus efforts on promoting the construction of housing near public transit in order to create more affordable and sustainable communities. Reconnecting America has long encouraged the US DOT and HUD to integrate transportation and land use planning in order to create true affordability and sustainability, based on research showing the impact of transportation on both the cost of living and greenhouse gas emissions.
(March 23, 2009)
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Jumpstarting the Transit Space Race
Reconnecting America releases new report on federal transit funding
The demand for transit in the U.S. has never been greater, with ridership at its highest levels in 50 years and almost 400 new rail, streetcar and bus rapid transit projects proposed in large and small regions from Massachusetts to Hawaii, according to a new report by Reconnecting America. Americans took 10.1 billion trips on transit in 2007, saving 1.4 billions of gallons of gasoline -- the equivalent of a supertanker leaving the Middle East every 11 days.
"Jumpstarting the Transit Space Race: How the New Administration Could Make America Energy-Independent, Create Jobs and Keep the Economy Strong" documents the interest in transit projects around the U.S., and calculates the investment required to build all the proposed new lines. The report concludes that a transit building program not unlike the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act after World War II would help address many of the challenges facing this country -- from rising gas prices to climate change -- and it would create jobs.
(October 14, 2008)
New Study Details How Developing Near Transit is an Important Affordability Strategy
This new, comprehensive report was funded by the Federal Transportation Administration and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The report examines five case study regions- Boston, Charlotte, Denver, Minneapolis, and Portland- to better understand the proactive strategies being undertaken to create and preserve affordable housing near transit.
(May 17, 2007)
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Dec. 15th. 2006: Book Chronicles Renewed Popularity of Streetcars Across U.S.
(December 15, 2006)
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