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BUILT in Cincinnati
By CNT. April 8, 2011*Updated* The effects of unemployment, rising gas costs, and economic uncertainty have pushed household budgets to their limits. Now, more than ever, the state’s infrastructure investments must bolster the economy and save its residents money. This report presents a policy blueprint to make these opportunities a reality.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/BUILT in Cincinnati FINAL.pdf (2,689.6kb) - Report$4 per Gallon Gas – Are We Ready?
By Scott Bernstein, CNT. March 21, 2011With gas prices increasing rapidly, Scott Bernstein of the CNT says the most effective solution is to reduce the demand by creating more "location-efficient" communities. Article originally appears in Planetizen.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/Published.Planetizen-$4perGallonGas.pdf (302.6kb) - ArticleChicago's South Suburbs: Smart Growth in Older Communities
By CNT. March 9, 2011Smart Growth in Older Communities
This case study tracks CNT's work in Blue Island and Harvey and discusses the regional partnerships that developed and attracted public funding for predevelopment — eventually creating a pipeline of viable projects that has drawn the attention of developers and investors across several states.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/SS-Case-Study.pdf (5,756.1kb) - ReportNext Stop: New Jobs
By CNT. January 25, 2011Chicago is northeastern Illinois’ historic center of commerce and employment, yet over the last half century, economic activity has continuously dispersed to outlying suburbs.The report highlights over 50 station areas with
economic development potential in the manufacturing and commercial sectors.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/NSNJ.pdf (2,051.8kb) - ReportPerformance-Based Transit-Oriented Development Typology Guidebook
By CTOD. December 16, 2010Center for Transit Oriented Development
Designed as a user-friendly tool that gives interested people around the country the ability to evaluate the performance of the transit zones in their neighborhoods and towns.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/TOD.TypologyGuidebook.pdf (17,914.4kb) - ManualWhite Street and Springfield Avenue Corridors Analysis
By CNT. December 7, 2010Conducted as part of the multi-phase miPLAN’s Transportation Study, Champaign-Urbana Urbanized Area Transportation Study (CUUATS) - the transportation entity of the Champaign Regional Planning Commission(CCRPC), which completed its Long Range Transportation Plan 2025 in 2005.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/White-Springfield.Corridor.Analysis.pdf (3,496.6kb) - ReportInvesting in a Better Chicago: 2011 Mayoral and City Council Agenda for Sustainable Development
By CNT. December 6, 201022 policy recommendations for the next leader of Chicago to create jobs and increase residents’ incomes that are fiscally responsible and protect the environment. Chicago’s next leaders have an excellent opportunity to demonstrate what CNT has long understood: that sustainable development is economic development.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/Investing_Chicago_FINAL.pdf (343.9kb) - White PaperChicago Southland’s Green TIME Zone
By CNT and SSMMA. November 18, 2010Smart Growth in Older Communities
The Green Transit, Intermodal, Manufacturing, Environment Zone (Green TIME Zone) is a core element of the Southland Vision 2020 for Sustainable Development.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/GTZ.pdf (3,917.4kb) - ReportDriving: A Hard Bargain
By CNT. July 30, 2010The Combined Cost of Housing & Transportation in the Chicago Metropolitan Region
http://www.cnt.org/repository/DAHB.pdf (13,595.2kb) - ReportTestimony to the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, Sub-Committee on Commercial and Administrative Law Field Briefing on Home Foreclosures in Memphis
By CNT, Scott Bernstein. July 19, 2010Scott Bernstein's presentation in Memphis on CNT's recent research findings on a contributing cause to home foreclosures and bankruptcies and recommendations for near-term remedies that could be implemented quickly. Includes footnotes and maps.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/Testimony.Memphis.Foreclosures1.7.19.10.pdf (2,470.0kb) - Testimony
