Strengthening Transit Through Community Partnerships
Electric scooters, or e-scooters, are emerging as an alternative mode of transportation in cities across the United States due to the promise that they will enhance mobility, replace short car and ride-hail journeys and bridge the ‘last mile’ to...Read more
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topics: Climate, Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Policy, Transportation
Electric scooters, or e-scooters, are emerging as an alternative mode of transportation in cities across the United States due to the promise that they will enhance mobility, replace short car and ride-hail journeys and bridge the ‘last mile’ to and from public transit. However, this new mobility...
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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: Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Policy, Transportation
On January 23, 2019, the Chicago City Council passed an amendment to the Municipal Code governing transit-oriented developments (TODs). This amendment modifies transit-served locations to include projects in vicinity of more than 20 CTA-designated high-ridership and high-frequency bus routes along...
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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: Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Policy, Transportation
An initiative to invest in equity, health, and opportunity around Chicago transit stops.
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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: Policy, Sustainable Economic Development, Transportation
We advised a new comprehensive plan for Doña Ana County, New Mexico and created an online indicators dashboard to track the county’s progress going forward.
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topics: Cargo-Oriented Development, Housing, Policy, Transportation
As part of the Broadening Urban Investment to Leverage Transit (BUILT) In Ohio partnership with the Office of Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and leaders in each of the three regions, we explored the impact of recent urban development patterns and identified key market opportunities in transit-...