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Penny Wise, Pound Fuelish: New Measures of Housing and Transportation Authority

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2010

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility, Housing, Community Development

Traditional measures of housing affordability exclude transportation costs. Using their Housing + Transportation index, CNT finds that the number of communities considered affordable drops dramatically when the definition of affordability shifts from a focus on housing costs alone...

Equity Express Financial Education Workshops

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) All States, Illinois

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice

This brief outlines the Equity Express program, a financial education workshop program that teaches the basics of personal financial management with a special emphasis on expense reduction in energy, transportation, telecommunications, and food....

Equity & Smart Mobility

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town, County

State(s) Arizona, California, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Texas, Washington

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Transportation & Mobility, Community Development

This study examines equity and smart mobility in ten U.S. counties and their central cities to understand the extent that smart mobility services and assets are equitably available, and impact accessibility, employability, livability, and mobility. For this study, “equitable smart...

Prospering in Place

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2012

Level City or Town, County, Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) Illinois

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Community Development, Economic Justice

Connecting public transit to employment hubs is an important tool for improving transportation efficiency and local economic development. This report recommends Chicago invest in transit-oriented development (TOD) and cargo-oriented development COD). It also outlines how affordable...

Rx for a Prosperous Region: Reconnecting Transit Deserts Improves a Region's Vitality

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2015

Level County

State(s) Illinois

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Community Development

This report outlines the needs and future benefits of connecting more Cook County residents to jobs and amenities to which they have limited access through the current hub-and-spoke transit system....

HOT for Transit? Transit's Experience of High-Occupancy Toll Lanes

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2014

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility

As more and more regions seek to implement high-occupancy toll or HOT lanes, more and more transit agencies seek knowledge to take advantage of this new infrastructure opportunity. Unfortunately, as is often the case with the rapid diffusion of a new technology, little information...

The New Real Estate Mantra: Location Near Public Transportation

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States, Arizona, California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Community Development

Moving beyond the traditional arguments that good schools and neighborhood amenities impact housing prices, emerging research has indicated that urban form and transportation options have played a key role in the ability of residential properties to maintain their value since the...

Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Chicago: Emissions Inventories and Reduction Strategies for Chicago and its Metropolitan Region

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2010

Level City or Town

State(s) Illinois

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Energy, Transportation & Mobility

This report compiles 33 potential emissions reduction strategies that, when implemented together, can help Chicago meet its target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 25 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. The area with the largest potential for reduction is energy use in buildings...

The Wangari Maathai Natural Garden at the Al Raby School for Community & Environment

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2007

Level City or Town

State(s) Illinois

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces

The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) and Al Raby High School, a Chicago Public School, are transforming the school’s physical environment into the optimal environmental leadership learning environment. The installation of a native woodland garden, named after the 2004 Nobel...

Reconnecting Fort Wayne: Transportation

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2007

Level City or Town

State(s) Indiana

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Economic Justice, Education

This report discusses the potential of a UPASS system for reducing congestion, increasing accessibility and affordability, and promoting public transportation in Fort Wayne in areas around the many universities. UPASS systems are areas or regions that offer unlimited access to all...

The Value of Green Infrastructure: A Guide to Recognizing Its Economic, Environmental and Social Benefits

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2010

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Energy, Community Development

The guide aims to inform decision-makers and planners about the multiple benefits green infrastructure (GI) delivers to communities. It examines the steps necessary to calculate a variety of performance benefits gained by implementing GI strategies and, where possible, demonstrates...

STALLED OUT: How Empty Parking Spaces Diminish Neighborhood Affordability

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town, County

State(s) Illinois

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Community Development

The Problem with Parking Minimums, analysis of parking in Chicago region, and policy toolkit. EVERY COMMUNITY NEEDS SOME PARKING, BUT WITH THE RIGHT SIZE OF SUPPLY, NEIGHBORHOODS CAN TILT THE SCALES TO DEDICATE MORE SPACE TO PEOPLE THAN TO CARS. THIS IN TURN WILL ALLOW US TO CREATE...

Estimating Parking Utilization in Multi-Family Residential Buildings in Washington, D.C.

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town

State(s) -

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Community Development, Public Spaces, Data & Technology

The District Department of Transportation and the District of Columbia Office of Planning led an effort to develop an empirical model for parking utilization in Washington, D.C, and to apply that model to an interactive, web-based tool utilizing the model named ParkRight DC, to support...

Performance-Based Transit-Oriented Development Typology Guidebook

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2010

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Community Development

This report outlines a performance-based typology which communities can use to evaluate the performance of their local transit zones. It includes policy recommendations and case studies that demonstrate the implementation of different typologies. It finds that transit stations in...

Urban Flooding in the Great Lakes States: A Municipality / Utility Survey Report

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2012

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development

This report highlights the prevalence and cost of flooding in the Great Lakes region and emphasizes the need for increased investment in green infrastructure and the adoption of flood mitigation strategies. The report also uses survey data to examine the impact of urban flooding and...

RECONNECTING FORT WAYNE VISIONS OF SUSTAINABLE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2008

Level City or Town, County

State(s) Indiana

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development

This report discusses the challenges of managing water resources in Fort Wayne, focusing on combined sewers, pollution reduction, and wet basements. It recommends implementing rain gardens as a green infrastructure solution, inspired by successful initiatives in Rock Island, IL. Additionally,...

Green Infrastructure Portfolio Standard: A Guide to the Green Infrastructure Portfolio Standard And Building Stormwater Retrofits

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2012

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Energy

This report outlines how the green infrastructure portfolio standard (GIPS) can be applied to stormwater retention to determine where retrofits should be installed, how to offset large capital investment costs, and how to protect community water resources. It also includes case studies...

Income, Location Efficiency, and VMT: Affordable Housing as a Climate Strategy

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Housing

Planning policies aimed at reducing vehicle-miles traveled (VMT) combined with growing consumer demand for walkable, transit-rich neighborhoods have led to increased development interest in location-efficient neighborhood - i.e., those places associated with the lowest transportation...

Food Incubator Energy Systems Innovation

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Energy, Food, Economic Justice

This report outlines potential energy savings practices in food facility services, restaurants, and food manufacturing and incubation industries. It also provides sustainable recommendations related to building envelopes and metering, HVAC systems, appliances, cold storage, water,...

Putting Places First: Targeting Infrastructure Improvements to Spur Investment in Priority Development Areas

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility, Housing, Community Development

This report focuses on this region’s complex pipeline of transportation programs and recommends how Priority Development Areas (PDAs) could better target them to infill development in existing communities....

Empowering Consumers Through a Modern Electric Grid

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2009

Level State

State(s) Illinois

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Energy

This report focuses on growing and maintaining a "reliable, affordable and clean" electrical grid while overcoming the following challenges: environmental concerns, significant need for infrastructure investment, new uses of electricity, continued globalization, and increased energy...

RECONNECTING FORT WAYNE: Transportation Car Sharing

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2007

Level City or Town, County

State(s) Indiana

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Community Development

This report evaluates Car Sharing programs, and the possibility of an Unlimited Transit Pass (UPASS) to reduce congestion and increase affordability. The report also includes strategies like institutional fleets, neighborhood car sharing programs, targeting accessibility to college,...

Freight Train to Community Prosperity

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Community Development

Cargo-oriented development (COD) integrates freight system efficiency with the growth of manufacturing and logistics businesses to foster economic prosperity, poverty reduction, environmental improvement, and public safety. The report provides metrics to evaluate the feasibility and...

Improving Economic Security And Opportunity For Single Mother Households in Rhode Island

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) Rhode Island

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Children & Families, Community Development

This report examines how Rhode Island can improve economic assistance and workforce opportunities for single mothers by improving the "Rhode Island Works" cash assistance program, expanding the state childcare assistance program, increasing the minimum wage, increasing the earned...

Center of Prosperity and Empowerment: An Efficient Memphis and a Shared Future

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) Tennessee

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice

What would have to happen for the city of Memphis to reduce poverty by 10% within 10 years – lowering it from 27% to 17% – and fundamentally shift economic opportunity and well-being for low-income residents? Today, there are 180,741 Memphis residents living below the poverty line...

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