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Infrastructure Financing Options for Transit-Oriented Development

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Utah

Source United States Environmental Protection Agency

Policy Areas Community Development, Transportation & Mobility

While transit-oriented development (TOD) can offer a community a variety of different advantages, it demands costly investment in infrastructure and community facilities. To address this barrier, this report provides local governments with a comprehensive overview of existing tools...

The Real Estate Mantra: Locate Near Public Transportation

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) Arizona, California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Community Development, Housing, Transportation & Mobility

This study compares the performance of residential and commercial property sales near fixed-guideway stations with areas without public transit access between 2012 and 2016 in seven regions: Boston; Eugene, Oregon; Hartford, Connecticut; Los Angeles; Minneapolis–St. Paul; Phoenix;...

Families + Transit

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Transit Center

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Children & Families

Having children is often associated with increases in car use, due to barriers preventing families from relying on transit. For example, anti-stroller policies signal that families aren’t welcome on buses, while riding transit can be more expensive than driving, without youth fares...

Smart Enough Cities: Governments That Seek Mobility Data Must Respect Individual Privacy

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, State

State(s) All States

Source Center for Democracy & Technology

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Data & Technology

The rise of shared mobility services, including rideshare and micro-mobility options such as bicycles and electric scooters, poses new challenges for cities and states. They must manage new kinds of traffic, keep streets and sidewalks safe and accessible, and ensure that transportation...

Downtowns, Greenfields and Places In Between: Promoting Development Near Transit

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level City or Town

State(s) Colorado, Minnesota, North Carolina

Source Center for Transit-Oriented Development

Policy Areas Community Development, Transportation & Mobility

This report is a follow-up to a previous study by the Center for Transit-Oriented Development (CTOD), Rails to Real Estate: Development Patterns Along Three Recently Constructed Rail Lines. It revisits the three regions explored in Rails to Real Estate to take a closer look at where...

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...

Parking: A Major Barrier to Equitably Oriented Transit

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source SPARCC

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Community Development, Transportation & Mobility

Parking policies are an integral part of implementing equitable transit-oriented development (eTOD). Policies such as “free parking” (which increases housing and consumer costs), zoning and land use regulations that require an overabundancce of parking, and the application of suburban...

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...

Rails to Real Estate: Development Patterns Along Three New Transit Lines

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level City or Town

State(s) Colorado, Minnesota, North Carolina

Source Center for Transit-Oriented Development

Policy Areas Community Development, Transportation & Mobility

This report documents real estate development patterns along three recently constructed light rail transit lines in the United States: the Hiawatha Line in Minnesota, the Southeast Corridor in Colorado, and the Blue Line in North Carolina. Specifically, this report aims to give regions...

Transit Revitalization Investment Districts: Opportunities and Challenges for Implementation

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level City or Town

State(s) Pennsylvania

Source Center for Transit-Oriented Development

Policy Areas Community Development, Transportation & Mobility

Through the examination of case studies, this report provides an evaluation of planning and implementation efforts developing out of the Pennsylvania Transit Revitalization Investment District (TRID) Act. Since its passage in 2004, this law has been cited as a model for fostering...

Transit and Regional Economic Development

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Center for Transit-Oriented Development

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Transportation & Mobility

Transit is a powerful force for facilitating employment density and therefore, reaping the benefits of firms and people clustering together in cities. In order to counter the rising trend towards job sprawl (which holds important equity implications), policy makers at the local and...

Land Use Roadmap

Type Roadmap

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source ProGov21

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Environment & Natural Resources, Housing, Transportation & Mobility

Land use policy impacts every aspect of a citizen's life, from their economic opportunity to their health. ProGov21's Land Use Roadmap describes how zoning policies can be used to expand affordable housing, create safer streets, and mitigate the impacts of climate change. It also...

Initiative Ordinance JJJ: Affordable and Transit-Oriented Housing Policies for the City of Los Angeles

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2016

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Los Angeles Department of Public Health

Policy Areas Housing, Health, Transportation & Mobility

Initiative Ordinance JJJ (Measure JJJ) is a ballot initiative with two provisions intended to increase the production of affordable housing in the City of Los Angeles: the “Transit-Oriented Communities Affordable Housing Overlay” provision which would allow housing developers to build...

Mobility: The Socioeconomic Implications of Autonomous Vehicles

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town, National

State(s) All States

Source University of Michigan: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Data & Technology

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are vehicles that have some degree of automation in their capabilities. This report highlights some of the positive and negative economic, infrastructural, environmental, and socioeconomic implications of the widespread adoption of AVs. For example, although...

New Orleans - Baton Rouge: Capturing the Value of the Economic Boom and the Freight that Supports It

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2015

Level City or Town

State(s) Louisiana

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Economic Justice

Alongside the celebrated entertainment venues and storied restaurants, New Orleans is a center of international trade and industry, as it has been for 300 years – but now with much more and better infrastructure. Today this network of river ports, railroads, pipelines and interstates...

Lighting a SPARCC Under Equitable Transit-Oriented Development

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source SPARCC

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Environment & Natural Resources, Housing, Public Safety, Health, Transportation & Mobility

This publication by SPARCC offers a definition of equitable Transit-Oriented Development (eTOD) and spotlights work underway in various US cities. Successful eTOD requires planning not just for transit but coordinating how this type of investment will advance larger community needs...

Economic Effects of Public Investment in Transportation And Directions for the Future

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2012

Level State

State(s) All States

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Community Development

A system for evaluating public investment in transportation that adopts a comprehensive understanding of economic benefits. This comprehensive assessment can be localized using the report's scorecard management matrix and used to guide public investment in transportation....

Making Smart Choices: Transit-Oriented Development Selector Analysis of South Suburban Corridors

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2009

Level City or Town, County

State(s) Illinois

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Community Development

To support Chicago's initiative to expand transit-oriented development (TOD), the Center for Neighborhood Technology has conducted a preliminary analysis of the potential for TOD in 33 south suburban station areas; this report presents their findings. It finds that no south suburban...

Searching for Economic Development Equity: An Overview of Leading Economic Development Entities in Atlanta, Detroit, St. Louis, New Orleans, and Memphis

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Tennessee

Source Good Jobs First

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Community Development, Housing, Transportation & Mobility

Memphis is experiencing unequal growth; while some neighborhoods are benefitting from new development, increased investments and an increase in high-paying jobs, others are experiencing decline or lagging in growth. This paper examines how economic development activities are structured,...

SW Corridor Equitable Housing Strategy

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) Oregon

Source Portland City Clerk Office

Policy Areas Economic Justice, Civil Rights, Democracy & Governance, Housing, Public Safety, Transportation & Mobility

In 2016 the Portland City Council directed the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) to develop a housing strategy in anticipation of potential investment in a new light rail line from Downtown Portland to Bridgeport Village. The City of Tigard joined the partnership to help...

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...

A Green New Deal for City and Suburban Transportation

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level National

State(s) All States

Source Smart Growth America

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

The majority of federal transportation spending incentivizes road-building, leaving limited funds available for road repair and more sustainable modes like transit, walking, and biking. Such spending encourages more driving and increased emissions, due to limited investments in low-carbon...

Driving Up the Cost of Living: How Housing and Transportation Costs Pressure Economic Development in Northwest Arkansas

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2011

Level City or Town

State(s) Arkansas

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Community Development, Housing, Transportation & Mobility, Economic Justice

This report examines the state of housing, transportation, and job access in Northwest Arkansas using CNT's Housing + Transportation (H+T®) Affordability Index, a new measure of affordability that takes into account two of the largest components of the regional cost-of-living equation:...

Transit-Oriented Development That’s Healthy, Green & Just: Ensuring Transit Investment in Seattle’s Rainier Valley Builds Communities Where All Families Thrive

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2012

Level City or Town

State(s) Washington

Source Partnership for Working Families

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Community Development, Transportation & Mobility

As the Puget Sound region invests billions in a new light rail system, large scale gentrification will occur along the Southeast Seattle light rail corridor without immediate policy action. Transit-oriented development (TOD) planning must implement a racial justice framework in order...

Building Capacity: Helping Communities Create Vibrant, Healthy and Economically Prosperous Neighborhoods

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2013

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Community Development

This document compiles various issue area briefs that can help cities support transit-oriented development, create revitalized main streets, foster economic growth, create and preserve affordable housing, improve health and well-being, increase access to fresh food, and advance sustainability...

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