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Autonomous Vehicle Heaven or Hell? Creating a Transportation Revolution That Benefits All

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town, County, Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) California

Source The Greenlining Institute

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility

Three transportation revolutions—electrification, vehicle sharing, and autonomous (self-driving) vehicles—are poised to transform our entire transportation system, impacting everything from how people move and the shape of our communities to the livelihoods of millions now employed...

Housing and Transportation Affordability Index

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2012

Level City or Town

State(s) -

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

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

The Center for Neighborhood Technology’s Housing and Transportation (H+T) Affordability Index provides a more comprehensive way of thinking about the cost of housing and true affordability. The Index examines the impact that transportation costs associated with location have on...

A Framework for Effectively Engaging Youth and Schools in Inclusive Resilience Planning

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source U.C. Berkeley Center For Cities & Schools

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

Today’s youth are rarely invited into the city planning process. This paper examines the experiences of young people involved in Y-PLAN, an initiative focused on fostering relationships between civic leaders and young people around meaningful action in order to create resilient cities...

Lean Urbanism for Greenfield Development: Seaside Case Study

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2014

Level City or Town

State(s) All States, Florida

Source The Project For Lean Urbanism

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

Seaside, the resort town in the Florida Panhandle, is best known for being a compact, walkable and diverse community, but it has also become known as one of the first environmentally designed new towns. It is now time for it to be recognized as a model for Lean Urbanism, particularly...

RainReady Chatham Plan

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) Illinois

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

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

The scope and severity of flood risk and flood-related damages in the Chatham community are among the worst in Sangamon County, Illinois. At the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT), our water program promotes practical changes in the way people manage water as a resource and...

Remarks by Jacky Grimshaw at Capital Bill Signing

Type Ordinance

Year 2009

Level State

State(s) Illinois

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Energy, Health, Transportation & Mobility, Food, Community Development, Public Spaces

Remarks by Jacky Grimshaw at the state capital bill signing by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn laying out five critical areas where public investment would help achieve a sustainable future: clean energy, clean water, toxic waste clean up, open space, and transportation....

The Economic Benefits of Green Infrastructure

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2014

Level County

State(s) Pennsylvania

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

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

Stormwater runoff is a major cause of water pollution in urban areas. When rain falls in undeveloped areas, the water is absorbed and filtered by soil and plants. When rain falls on our roofs, streets, and parking lots, however, the water cannot soak into the ground. In most urban...

The Case for Fixing the Leaks

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level City or Town

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

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

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

Crumbling water infrastructure leads to nearly six billion gallons of expensive, treated water lost every day in America. Leaky, aging pipes and outdated systems are wasting an estimated 14 to 18 percent of our nation’s daily water use. Water loss from failing infrastructure, faulty...

Build for America

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Transportation For America

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility

A five-point plan to get our economy moving....

Common Mistakes in Drafting Smokefree Indoor Air Ordinances

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2004

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Americans For Nonsmokers's Rights

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

This report serves as a resource for developing smoke-free indoor air laws and is a companion piece to the Prohibition of Smoking in all Workplaces and Public Places model ordinance. The report outlines common errors to avoid while developing and drafting an ordinance that prohibits...

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...

Generating and Prioritizing Funding for Active Transportation

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Safe Routes to School National Partnership

Policy Areas Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility

Transportation plays a critical role in the health and economic development of a metropolitan area. When people have the ability to walk, bike, or take transit safely to a destination, the whole region benefits from healthier people, better air quality, and reduced traffic fatalities....

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...

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

Developing an empirical model for parking utilization in Washington, D.C and creating to an interactive, web-based tool utilizing the model named ParkRight DC, to support and guide parking supply decisions. A transparent, data driven process for parking supply decisions may help relieve...

2020 Madison Ordinance 62420 Regulating Drug Paraphernalia

Type Ordinance

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source The Common Council of the City of Madison

Policy Areas Public Spaces

This ordinance creates an exception for possession of drug paraphernalia if possession is permitted for use of cannabis or cannabis derivatives under the Madison General Ordinances (MGO) Sec. 23.20. MGO Sec. 23.20 permits a person who is eighteen years of age or older to possess cannabis...

At the Intersection of Environmental Justice and Safe Routes to School

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Safe Routes to School National Partnership

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility

In California, communities with populations that are predominantly Latinx and low-income suffer the greatest burden of pollution and bad air quality, in addition to lacking infrastructure that makes streets safe for walking and biking. Yet for many residents, walking or taking transit...

An Assessment of Water Loss Among Lake Michigan Permittees in Illinois

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2014

Level State

State(s) Illinois

Source Chicago Metropolitan Agency For Planning

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

CMAP staff partnered with the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources’ (IDNR) Office of Water Resources (OWR) through its Lake Michigan Water Allocation Program in an effort to improve understanding of the water-loss control practices...

Industrial Ecodistricts Primer

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

There are nearly 950,000 more manufacturing jobs in the U.S. today than in 2010. This resurgence presents a major opportunity for communities. As a rejection of inefficient sprawling industrial parks and overseas production, there is growing demand for urban manufacturing locations....

Metropolitan Planning Organizations and Health 101

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Safe Routes to School National Partnership

Policy Areas Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility

This report provides an introduction to metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) for those who want to influence regional planning to benefit health, active transportation, and equity. The report details the structure of MPOs, the relationship between MPOs and other agencies and...

Making Equity Real in Mobility Pilots Toolkit

Type -

Year 2019

Level City or Town, County, Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) California

Source The Greenlining Institute

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility

Equitable mobility pilot projects should center the voices usually left out of decision-making through a community-driven process. Equitable mobility pilot projects must also address entrenched injustices by providing the following benefits to low-income communities of color in a...

Broadening Urban Investment to Leverage Transit (BUILT) in Cleveland

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) Ohio

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

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

Greater Cleveland is at a turning point. Unemployment in the region has remained above 9 percent since 2009. Declines in automobile manufacturing have sent shockwaves of job loss rippling through the region’s suppliers and producers. Facing unemployment, rising gas costs, and economic...

2020 Madison Ordinance 62417 Regulating Use and Possession of Cannabis

Type Ordinance

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) Wisconsin

Source The Common Council of the City of Madison

Policy Areas Public Spaces

This ordinance allows individuals eighteen years of age or older to possess or consume cannabis derivatives in an amount not to exceed twenty-eight grams on public or private property with the permission of the property owner, landlord or tenant. No person shall possess marijuana...

Transforming and Embracing Innovation in Ohio's 9th Congressional District: Moving towards Sustainable, Efficient and Reliable Energy

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level County

State(s) Ohio

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

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

The overall objective of this project was to lay the conceptual and analytical foundation for a healthy, efficient and sustainable energy economy in Northern Ohio. Under this award, researchers analyzed the feasibility of implementing solar, wind and biogas energy projects in the...

Health Impact Assessments: A Tool to Focus on the Health Effects of Park Access

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2019

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Safe Routes to School National Partnership

Policy Areas Public Safety, Transportation & Mobility

Health impact assessments are a useful tool to help make the case for the many benefits of safe routes and park access. Decisionmakers often want data to help weigh costs and benefits of a change. This factsheet can help advocates engage stakeholders and gather data in support of...

Y-Plan Public Space Policy Brief

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source U.C. Berkeley Center For Cities & Schools

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

Public spaces are crucial to a community’s collective well-being. Although public spaces are intended to be equally accessible, young people, particularly low-income BIPOC, are made to feel unwelcome or excluded in many public spaces by the built environment, police, and other users....

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