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Building housing near transit takes change at every level

22 Jul 2024 | Posted by Elisa Ramirez | 0 Comments | equity, housing, land use, TOD, transit

An eastbound Green Line train pulls into a station alongside apartment buildings.

Advancing equitable transit-oriented development requires all hands at the community level, but leadership at the state and federal level can also help propel change.

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With conference underway, how do the House and Senate bills stack up?

12 Nov 2015 | Posted by Steve Davis | 0 Comments | comparison, complete streets, DRIVE Act, passenger rail, RREEA, RRIF, STRR Act, table, TIFIA, TIGER, TOD, transit, Transportation Alternatives

While the multi-year transportation bills passed by the House last week and the Senate back in July are fairly similar, there are still some notable differences between the two. With the conference committee getting underway to reconcile the bills, it’s worth looking at the similarities and differences.

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The economic development potential of passenger rail for downtowns

29 Jun 2015 | Posted by Michael Russell | 1 Comment | florida, john robert smith, multimodal, rail, TOD, transit oriented development

In a Next City piece, T4America board chair John Robert Smith discussed strong public investment in downtowns in smaller cities — especially those with passenger rail connections — as a smart way to signal to the market that the public sector is committed to downtown.

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Four senators introduce bill to help finance transit-oriented development

2 May 2014 | Posted by David Goldberg | 3 Comments | infrastructure, innovative financing, Schatz, TIFIA, TOD, transit

Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI), Ed Markey (D-MA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) have introduced an important bill to make it easier for communities to support economic development around transit stations. For any community with a high-capacity transit line – subway, light rail, bus rapid transit – encouraging walkable development around the stations is […]

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