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Growing Local Economies through Equitable Transit-Oriented Development

Wednesday, January 7th, 2015
Housing + Transportation Costs as a Percentage of 80% AMI

CENTER FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TECHNOLOGY
OPEN COMMUNITIES
TRANSIT DEFINES THE VIBRANCY OF DOWNTOWNS IN CHICAGO’S NORTHERN SUBURBS. Metra and CTA stations, and the development they support, help commuters get to jobs and run errands on their way home, all with little or no driving. Residents come together in these downtown station areas to eat, drink, socialize, borrow library books, shop, and see their neighbors. These activity centers are the brand, lifeblood, and drivers of economic development in these communities.

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Mobility, Economic Opportunity and New York City Neighborhoods

Tuesday, January 6th, 2015
Household Income and Job Access by NYC Neighborhood

NYU WAGNER RUDIN CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION POLICY & MANAGEMENT
The Rudin Center ranked New York City’s 177 neighborhoods according to the number of jobs accessible from the neighborhoods by transit, within 60 minutes and completed by 9:00 a.m.on a Monday morning. The number of jobs accessible in this timeframe ranged from 42,275 (South Staten Island) to 4,839,253 (North Chelsea). Our analysis reveals substantial variation in levels of transit access across New York affect residents’ employment levels, travel modes and incomes. Most notably, the rankings result in a swoosh-shaped relationship between transit and income: the highest incomes are connected to the areas with the most access, and low transit access still provides average incomes, because residents travel by private car rather than transit.

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Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Index

Monday, January 5th, 2015
Examples of TODs include Portland’s Pioneer Square and Bethesda, Maryland

THE TOD GROUP
In August 2014, the average home value in TODs was $518 per sf. The average home value in Hybrids was $251 per sf and the average home value in TADs was $196 per sf. This compares to the average national ZHVI for that same month at $149 per sf. Therefore, the average home in a TOD was worth 3.48 times more than the average home in the United States.

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Charleston, SC: Peninsula Mobility Report

Friday, January 2nd, 2015
Recommended Trip-Type Proportions

CITY OF CHARLESTON
HISTORIC CHARLESTON FOUNDATION
There are several actions which would help to maintain the character of Charleston: 1) creating more viable alternatives to driving, 2) Offering more ways for visitors to enter the historic districts by means other than the automobile, and 3) following a strategic parking plan that includes more remote parking and facilitates public transit. Sustainable growth and economic development of the Charleston Peninsula will require transportation alternatives to be developed over the next ten years.

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Paying to Maintain Bicycle & Pedestrian Facilities

Friday, December 26th, 2014

Webinar from Advocacy Advance, a partnership between the League of American Bicyclists and the Alliance for Biking & Walking, presents options for communities to pay for maintenance of trails, bike lanes, and sidewalks.

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Shake It Off – University of Nevada, Reno, Earthquake Engineering Laboratory

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2014

The Earthquake Engineering Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno is known for testing large-scale structures on its four shake tables. This video is a parody of Taylor Swift’s song “Shake It Off” that shows how engineers can safely design bridges and buildings to resist earthquake loading. The University of Nevada, Reno ASCE Student Chapter is the GRAND PRIZE WINNER and recipient of $5,000 in the Student Chapter category of ASCE’s 2014 Student and Younger Member Music Video Contest.

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Lake Balboa, CA: Chaotic Gridlock at Daniel Pearl Magnet HS

Monday, December 22nd, 2014

With more and more students attending Daniel Pearl Magnet High School, the congested traffic of trying to drive into school is getting hectic. With numerous school’s surrounding DPMHS, Senior Mher Mkrtchian describes how it affects his morning routine as a new driver. –The Pearl Post on YouTube

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Profile of an Urban Planner: Andrew Howard, Founder of Team Better Block

Friday, December 19th, 2014

Part of a video series profiling Loeb Fellows, this video offers an in-depth look at the recent work of Andrew Howard, founder of Team Better Block, and his innovations in the world of urban planning.

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Frederick, MD: Hood College Class Evaluates Bike Lanes

Friday, December 12th, 2014

Students in Hood College’s ENSP 101 study the effects of a bike lane in their Frederick, MD neighborhood.

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The Macro View on Micro Units

Thursday, December 11th, 2014
Micro Units

URBAN LAND INSTITUTE
A common perception exists that unit sizes in new apartments have been shrinking as developers seek higher density and higher revenue per square foot to offset rising land value and construction costs and to hold monthly rent at an affordable level relative to income. The ultimate incarnation of this trend has been the introduction—or the reintroduction—of very small units, often referred to as micro units.

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