Strengthening Transit Through Community PartnershipsHistory & Experience
Center for Neighborhood Technology has been reimagining transportation and land use for nearly 50 years. We seek to simultaneously advance equity, improve the environment, and strengthen the economy.
Equitable Transit Oriented Development
When developers site housing and commercial developments near transit, more efficient communities arise that provide residents opportunities to work, shop, live and play. We’re helping to lead on Equitable-Transit Oriented Development in Chicago and as part of a national movement toward building near transit.
Transportation Equity Network (TEN)
The Transportation Equity Network (TEN) project is building a coalition of community groups, equitable transportation advocates, local leadership, and others to serve as a network of organizations to work with decision-makers to embed racial equity and mobility justice into transportation decisions and investments. Black and Brown representatives of community groups hold the majority of leadership positions within the coalition.
Data Analysis
Our pioneering Housing and Transportation (H+T®) Affordability Index found household transportation costs are largely a function of the built environment. Living in dense, walkable communities with access to transit allows people to own fewer costly automobiles.
We’ve mapped transit access on a regional and even statewide basis, as for example with the Washington Transit Access Map, created in collaboration with Front and Centered. Created in 2022, it allows you to look up information about transit service available in any location in Washington State.
Environmental Justice
Transit agencies like LA Metro, Chicago’s Metra, and others turn to us to develop new consultative relationships with community leaders. We’ve documented this work in publications such as Equity in Practice: Strengthening Transit through Community Partnerships (2024) and Equity in Practice: A Guidebook for Transit Agencies (2021).