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Testimony to the House of Representatives, Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity
By Scott Bernstein, CNT. June 11, 2009CNT President, Scott Bernstein's, testimony on the proposed bill HR2336, the Green Resources for Energy Efficient Neighborhoods Act of 2009 (GREEN Act).
http://www.cnt.org/repository/bernstein061109.pdf (1,005.6kb) - TestimonyUsing Linked Housing, Banking and Transportation Policy to Bring Home the Benefits of Livable Communities, Testimony
By Scott Bernstein. March 26, 2009On March 26, CNT’s President, Scott Bernstein, and Reconnecting America’s CEO, Shelley Poticha, told Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee members and staff that transportation and housing policy and funding must be linked to unlock the market for development near stations and to enhance affordability.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/BernsteinSenBankingSympMar262009.pdf (60.5kb) - TestimonyHousing + Transportation Affordability in Tucson Metropolitan Area, Pima County, and Pinal County
By CNT. March 1, 2009As the Tucson Metropolitan Area and Pima and Pinal Counties in Arizona continue to grow they have the opportunity to develop in such a way that residents can reduce the environmental impacts of travel while also reducing household transportation costs This report provides information on the combined housing and transportation…
http://www.cnt.org/repository/FINAL H+T Report1.pdf (6,726.3kb) - ReportMaking Smart Choices: Transit-Oriented Development Selector Analysis of South Suburban Corridors
By CNT. March 1, 2009The South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association SSMMA is working to build transit oriented development TOD at the most intense level consistent with local community desires and market conditions throughout the south suburbs To support SSMMA s initiative CNT conducted a preliminary analysis of the potential for TOD in south…
http://www.cnt.org/repository/Making Smart Choices - TOD Selector Analysis of South Suburban Corridors.pdf (4,996.4kb) - ReportBeltway Burden: The Combined Cost of Housing and Transportation in the Greater Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area
By Urban Land Institute, Center for Housing Policy, Center for Neighborhood Technology. February 9, 2009This report provides a comprehensive examination of the cost of place in the Washington DC region presenting a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction look at the combined housing and transportation cost burdens for households in the metropolitan area Drawing on the latest research and methodologies estimates of household transportation costs are used to develop…
http://www.cnt.org/repository/BeltwayBurden.pdf (28,013.6kb) - ReportHousing + Transportation Affordability in El Paso
By CNT. February 1, 2009As El Paso continues to grow it has the opportunity to develop in such a way that minimizes the environmental impacts of travel while also reducing household transportation costs This report provides information on the combined housing and transportation costs in the El Paso region demonstrating that these two household…
http://www.cnt.org/repository/El Paso H+T Report.pdf (7,057.5kb) - ReportSustainable Prosperity: Decreasing Household Expenses and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
By CNT, Steve Perkins, Ph.D., and Joe Grant. December 31, 2008This policy paper makes the case for mandating the inclusion of expense reduction and sustainable living education into a range of federal initiatives and concludes with recommendations to enhance pending green initiatives by linking them to financial education programming focused on building assets by reducing household expenses in an environmentally…
http://www.cnt.org/repository/Policy-paper.sustainable-prosperity.pdf (1,583.8kb) - White PaperCreating and Capturing Value in Mass Transit
By CNT. December 12, 2008On July 9 and 10, 2008, national transportation experts gathered in Chicago to help move the Chicago region’s transit agencies forward in meeting the needs of transit riders and to advance the goals of the recently passed transit reform legislation. This report represents the outcomes and identified goals to move forward.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/Value-in-Mass-Transit.pdf (932.9kb) - ReportHousing + Transportation Affordability In the San Antonio Metropolitan Region
By CNT. December 1, 2008As San Antonio continues to grow it has the opportunity to develop in such a way that residents can reduce the environmental impacts of travel while also reducing household transportation costs This report provides information on the combined housing and transportation H T costs in the San Antonio metro area…
http://www.cnt.org/repository/SanAntonio.H+T.Final.pdf (2,150.7kb) - ReportEstimating Transportation Costs by Characteristics of Neighborhood and Household
By CNT: Haas, Peter M., Carrie Makarewicz, Albert Benedict, and Scott Bernstein. November 1, 2008A study was launched to create a statistical model to predict household total annual transportation expenditures for each neighborhood in the largest metropolitan regions in the United States, controlling for the built environment and household size and income.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/Estimating-Transportation-Costs.pdf (1,700.3kb) - Article
