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Sustainable 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) - ReportCNT's 2008 Highlights
By CNT. December 10, 2008One-pager of CNT's 2008 highlights in pictures
http://www.cnt.org/repository/2008-highlights.pdf (1,814.2kb) - PamphletHousing + 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) - ArticleBuild for America: A Five-Point Plan to get our Economy Moving
By T4. October 15, 2008Our economy is over a barrel literally and figuratively Americans are being hammered at every turn Falling home values rising gas prices and Wall Street bailouts with fallout on Main Street Hanging over it all is a sense that we have come to the end of the road with our…
http://www.cnt.org/repository/buildforamerica.pdf (3,040.5kb) - White PaperCNT Biennial Report 2006/2007
By CNT. October 6, 2008CNT's Biennial Report for for 2006 and 2007
http://www.cnt.org/repository/CNT103_ANNUAL.pdf (1,464.2kb) - ReportSummary Report: Chicago’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions: An Inventory, Forecast and Mitigation Analysis for Chicago and the Metropolitan Region.
By CNT. September 18, 2008This research was part of a broader effort by the City to determine the local ramifications of climate change for its citizens and for City operations In addition to CNT s work on emissions and mitigation strategies the City engaged researchers to examine climate-change adaptation economic impacts and the effects…
http://www.cnt.org/repository/CNT_Climate_Research_Summary_9.17.08.pdf (749.4kb) - Executive SummaryChicago’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions: An Inventory, Forecast and Mitigation Analysis for Chicago and the Metropolitan Region
By CNT. September 18, 2008Commissioned by the city to help create its recently released Climate Action Plan, CNT conducted the emissions and mitigation-strategies research to reach the city’s emission reduction target of 25% below 1990 levels by the year 2020.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/Chicago-Climate-Analysis-Final.pdf (30,613.6kb) - ReportReconnecting Fort Wayne: Green Infrastructure
By CNT. August 1, 2008The City of Fort Wayne has chosen to use several simultaneous challenges related to its water resources as an opportunity to explore sustainable solutions. CNT was retained to seek hidden assets in the urban neighborhoods and identify ways in which water resource investments can achieve multiple benefits.
http://www.cnt.org/repository/Report.GI.pdf (1,091.1kb) - Report
