Strengthening Transit Through Community Partnerships
Flooding is the most common and costliest type of natural disaster in the United States (Lightbody, 2017). According to a 2017 report by the Pew Charitable Trusts, federal insurance claims averaged $1.9 billion annually between 2006 and 2015. Metropolitan Chicago...Read more
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topics: Data Analysis, Equitable Transit Oriented Development
Since 2008, when gas prices reached record highs, CNT’s H+T Affordability Index has highlighted the impacts of gas prices on household transportation costs. The Total Driving Costs tool allows users to slide the gas price up or down and see how volatility in the price at the pump impacts...
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topics: Climate, Data Analysis, Policy, Urban Flooding, Water
The Urban Flooding Baseline Project seeks to clearly define the problem of urban flooding in the Calumet region using available quantitative data sources and first-hand pictorial data from residents to improve flood mitigation plans. At the end of July, we completed the Pilot and Phase 1 of the...
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topics: Data Analysis, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Flooding, Water
The Green Values Calculator compares the performance, costs, and benefits of Green Infrastructure to conventional stormwater practices.
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topics: Climate, Data Analysis, Environmental Justice, Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Housing, Policy, Sustainable Economic Development, Transportation
The Urban Opportunity Agenda website offers ideas and metrics for simultaneously combatting poverty and promoting urban sustainability.
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topics: Data Analysis, Environmental Justice, Urban Flooding, Water
Flooding is the most common and costliest type of natural disaster in the United States (Lightbody, 2017). According to a 2017 report by the Pew Charitable Trusts, federal insurance claims averaged $1.9 billion annually between 2006 and 2015. Metropolitan Chicago is not immune to these impacts. To...
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topics: Climate, Data Analysis, Environmental Justice, Urban Flooding, Water
Assessing disparities of urban flood risk for households of color in Chicago.
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topics: Data Analysis, Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Policy, Sustainable Economic Development, Transportation
Download PDFs from the Elevated Chicago EcoDistrict Feasibility Scan
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topics: Data Analysis, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Flooding, Water
Is your home ready for increased storm events in a time of climate change? My RainReady helps you discover what issues you may have, and how you can address them.
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topics: Climate, Data Analysis, Housing, Parking Utilization, Policy, Transportation
GreenTRIP Connect is a California statewide tool that allows users to evaluate a prospective housing development’s potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions due to driving.
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topics: Data Analysis, Housing, Parking Utilization, Policy, Transportation
The Park Right DC calculator helps community members, developers, zoning bodies, planners, and other stakeholders better understand parking utilization in multi-family residential buildings in the District of Columbia.