Strengthening Transit Through Community Partnerships
This report shows Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) adds value to homes. The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) worked with SB Friedman Development Advisors to model the impact of GSI installations, such as rain gardens, pervious pavement, swales, and planters, on...Read more
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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, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Housing, Sustainable Economic Development, Urban Flooding, Water
This report shows Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) adds value to homes. The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) worked with SB Friedman Development Advisors to model the impact of GSI installations, such as rain gardens, pervious pavement, swales, and planters, on property sales data in...
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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: Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Housing, Policy, Transportation
This report details how public transit has increased value for properties, why developers should build near transit, why consumers that live near transit experience significant savings, and why policy makers need to work with communities on developing affordable housing near high-capacity transit.
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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: Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Housing, Policy, Sustainable Economic Development, Transportation
Discover the social and economic impacts of your affordable housing development and the benefits of locating it near transit.
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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.
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topics: Housing, Parking Utilization, Transportation
Stalled Out: How Empty Parking Spaces Diminish Neighborhood Affordability explores the relationship between unused parking and neighborhood affordability. Many cities, including Chicago, mandate the minimum number of parking spaces new developments need to build. As the report points out, however,...
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topics: Housing, Parking Utilization, Transportation
The District Department of Transportation and the District of Columbia Office of Planning recently led a research effort to understand how parking utilization in multi-family residential buildings is related to neighborhood and building characteristics. Prior research has shown that overbuilding of...