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topics: Climate, Environmental Justice, Transportation
We’re joining other groups across the country to advance racial and environmental justice through equitable electric mobility.
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topics: Climate, Environmental Justice, Transportation
During our recent Chicago Truck Data Portal project, cameras counted 5,159 trucks and buses, 129 pedestrians, and 53 bicyclists in 24 hours at West 41st Street and South Pulaski Road in Archer Heights. Truck count researcher and Urban Resilience Associate Paulina Vaca reflects on how supply chains...
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topics: Climate, Policy, Transportation
Imagine tomorrow, all vehicles in the world suddenly became battery powered. Would that achieve all our climate and environmental justice goals? Not exactly. What will help close the gap between equity and climate goals is an electrification transition that follows the principles of the Towards...
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topics: Climate, Data Analysis, Housing, Policy, Transportation
The main purpose of the H+T Index is to help users identify the most “location efficient” places across the United States by calculating the cost of housing as well as the cost of transportation to provide a more comprehensive understanding of the affordability of place. We learned through surveys...
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topics: Climate, Data Analysis, Environmental Justice, Policy
The White House Justice40 Initiative aims to send 40% of dollars in federal infrastructure and environment programs to under-invested communities. But how do they measure that? We partner with frontline groups to monitor how well public investments line up with Justice40 goals.
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topics: Climate, Environmental Justice, Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Technical Assistance
We and our partners can help government agencies, nonprofits and community groups plan, apply for and implement new public infrastructure improvements.
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topics: Climate, Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Policy, Transportation
Introducing a series of blogs on CNT’s H+T Affordability Index – our most popular web tool. Nearly 20 years ago, CNT (Center for Neighborhood Technology) developed our Housing & Transportation, or H+T, Affordability Index. We theorized – and the data quickly proved -- that adding the two...
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topics: Climate, Data Analysis, Housing, Policy, Transportation
Where Matters reveals the hidden insights that support more equitable, sustainable communities in Northeast Ohio—and across more than 380 metros nationwide.
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Overton Elementary rain garden re-install and other projects lead agenda for CNT’s placekeeping projects in the heart of the city. Dedicated volunteer garden stewards gathered at Overton Center for Excellence in Bronzeville on the first day of fall, Saturday, September 23 to bring new life to the...
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topics: Climate, Data Analysis, Environmental Justice, Green Stormwater Infrastructure, Housing, Urban Flooding, Water
A quantitative and qualitative look at urban flooding that visualizes flooding indicators and urban flooding locations in the Calumet Region of Cook County.