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Transit-Oriented Development and the Potential for VMT-related Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction
By CNT, CTOD. June 30, 2010Center for Transit Oriented Development
Transit-oriented development-- a mix of residential and commercial development within walking distance of public transportation --can play a substantial part in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/TOD-Potential-GHG-Emissions-Growth.FINAL.pdf (5,072.0kb) - ReportMAKING ENDS MEET: The Combined Cost of Housing + Transportation in Chicago and Its Wards
By CNT. May 1, 2010Examines Chicago’s affordability at the ward
and census block group levels using the H+T Affordability Index.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/MEM.pdf (7,752.8kb) - ReportThe Boston Regional Challenge
By ULI, CNT, CHP. April 9, 2010This report analyzes the combined costs of housing and transportation for neighborhoods, cities, and towns throughout a Boston regional study area.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/BostonChallenge.pdf (10,296.8kb) - ReportPenny Wise, Pound Fuelish: New Measures of Housing + Transportation Affordability
By CNT. March 24, 2010Penny Wise, Pound Fuelish serves as a guide to CNT’s H+T Index (www.htaindex.org), which
includes 337 U.S. metropolitan regions. The Index demonstrates that the way in which urban regions have grown in the last half century has had negative consequences for many Americans.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/pwpf.pdf (2,392.3kb) - ReportRedefining Affordability
By Scott Bernstein, CNT. January 27, 2010Scott Bernstein CNT s President recently made a presentation about the need to redefine housing affordability at the Home Depot Foundation National Partners and Federal Government Officials Convening in Washington D C CNT s has been advocating for policy changes that would redefine affordability to include both housing and transportation…
http://www.cnt.org/repository/HomeDepot_Redefining_Affordability.pdf (140.7kb) - PresentationWhat We Learned From the Stimulus
By CNT, Smart Growth America and USPIRG. January 5, 2010The latest data on stimulus spending show that funds spent on public transportation were a more effective job creator than stimulus funds spent on highways. Analysis was based on data provided by the US Congress House of Representatives Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/What We Learned.ARRA-jobs-report.pdf (521.0kb) - ReportBay Area Burden: Examining the Costs and Impacts of Housing and Transportation on Bay Area Residents, Their Neighborhoods, and the Environment
By Urban Land Institute, CNT, and Center for Housing Policy. November 4, 2009BAY AREA BURDEN provides a comprehensive analysis of the “cost of place” in nine counties located throughout the San Francisco region by examining the costs and impacts of housing and
transportation on Bay Area residents, their neighborhoods, and the environment.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/Bay-Area-Burden_FINAL_lowres.pdf (12,725.3kb) - ReportCenter for Transit-Oriented Development: 5 Years of Progress
By CTOD. August 6, 2009The Center for Transit-Oriented Development is celebrating its fifth year, and has published a brochure detailing our projects, partnerships and intellectual capital.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/CTOD_5YearBro_Final_LoRez.pdf (2,140.4kb) - ReportCapital Bill signing by Governor Pat Quinn Remarks
By Jacky Grimshaw, CNT. July 13, 2009On July 13, 2009, CNT Vice President of Policy, Jacky Grimshaw, gave remarks at a press conference held by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn. Grimshaw's remarks were in support of the state capital bill signed by Governor Quinn.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/Grimshaw.RemarksOnCapitalBillSigning.071309.pdf (42.6kb) - TestimonyEquity Express Fact Sheet
By CNT. June 24, 2009Equity Express Financial Education Workshops give participants the information and support they need to decrease household expenses increase savings and reduce environmental impacts They respond to two major crises of our time economic and ecological by increasing the wealth of asset-poor households through consumer choices that are both financially smart…
http://www.cnt.org/repository/CNT-EquityExpress.pdf (189.0kb) - White Paper
