Category : miscellaneous

Spy-fi novelist Josh Conviser

A conversation about hybridizing genres, using future technology and reading Dwell magazine with Josh Conviser, author of Echelon and Empyre.

Litblogger and novelist Mark Sarvas

A conversation about book criticism, the Los Angeles Literary scene and Michiko Kakutani with Mark Sarvas, author of popular weblog The Elegant Variation. Harry, Revised, his first novel, hits shelves in May 2008.

TOD Case Studies: Implementation In Low- Income, Ethnically Diverse Neighborhoods

These case studies, funded through the support of the Surdna Foundation, present transit-oriented development (TOD) examples from diverse, low-income neighborhoods around transit, all built within the last 10 years. The goal of this survey is to prov...

Realizing The Potential: Expanding Housing Opportunities Near Transit

This new national study funded by the Federal Transit Administration and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development shows that location matters a great deal when it comes to reducing household costs. While families who live in auto-dependen...

TOD Typology and Strategic Plan for Denver

Denver is building 119 miles of rail and 70 new stations in six years, and the Center for Transit-Oriented Development has helped develop a “TOD Typology” for the city and the county that categorizes stations according to seven ”types“ (downtown, urb...

Hercules Aerial Tram, Mobility Study and Report (2007)

This study seeks to inform City of Hercules Council and Staff about connecting the City’s waterfront to a new developing town center. This study gives technical information on the possibility of using aerial ropeways (which includes aerial trams a...

Twin Cities TOD Toolkit

Reconnecting America has undertaken a three-year effort to educate regional decision-makers and communities about TOD. Educational information about the Hiawatha, Central, and North Star corridors is being developed to help provide a better understan...

The Case for Mixed-Income Transit-Oriented Development in the Denver Region

Mixed-income TOD has the potential to meaningfully address the growing affordability crisis in the Denver region. This report, which was commissioned by the Enterprise Community Partners of Denver, concludes that there is a growing demand for housing...

TOD 101: Transit-Oriented Development And Why Now?

This colorful 24-page “picture book” lays out in easy-to-read format how shifting demographics and the changing real estate market have opened up an unprecedented window of opportunity for transit-oriented development. The book explains what TOD is...

Preserving and Promoting Diverse Transit-Oriented Neighborhoods

This report for the Ford Foundation is about the demand for housing near transit from low-income and very-low-income households, and the racial and economic diversity of households living within a half mile of transit. It describes the benefits of di...

Tools for Mixed-Income TOD

This paper describes and evaluates tools and strategies that are being used to create mixed-income and affordable housing near transit in regions around the U.S. The first half of the paper explains how these various strategies are being used and the...

Communicating the Benefits of TOD: The City of Evanston's Transit Oriented Redevelopment

This is a tale of three cities—Jersey City and neighboring Hoboken in New Jersey, and Evanston, Illinois – that have experienced an enormous amount of development since the late 1980s, reversing three decades of decline brought on by the great suburb...

A Heavy Load: The combined housing and transportation burdens of working families

Low- and moderate-income families are finding that if they move farther from work in order to find affordable housing they end up spending at least as much as they save – or more – on the increased cost of transportation. This report details the “hea...

The Affordability Index

The housing and transportation Affordability Index quantifies the impact of transportation costs on the affordability of housing choices and the savings derived from living in “location efficient” communities that are near transit, shopping, schools...

Connecting America: Making the Case for Intercity Rail

Imagine traveling quickly and conveniently between cities, avoiding congestion on the highways and at the airports. Imagine being able to fly across the country, and catch a train at the airport that takes you to your final destination, all with just...