Strengthening Transit Through Community Partnerships
This policy paper makes the case for mandating the inclusion of expense reduction and sustainable living education into a range of federal initiatives, and concludes with recommendations to enhance pending green initiatives by linking them to financial education programming focused...Read more
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topics: Climate, Policy, Sustainable Economic Development
This policy paper makes the case for mandating the inclusion of expense reduction and sustainable living education into a range of federal initiatives, and concludes with recommendations to enhance pending green initiatives by linking them to financial education programming focused on building...
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topics: Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Sustainable Economic Development, Transportation
Our economy is over a barrel, literally and figuratively. Americans are being hammered at every turn. Falling home values, rising gas prices, and Wall Street bailouts with fallout on Main Street. Hanging over it all is a sense that we have come to the end of the road with our over-dependence on oil...
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topics: Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Sustainable Economic Development
Nothing illustrates how the lack of transportation options hurts consumers and our economy more than the fact that, since approval of the tax rebates in February, Americans on average have already spent the amount of their stimulus checks at the pump.
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topics: Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Sustainable Economic Development
Leaders in Fort Wayne have identified sustainability as a strategy for economic growth that also improves the environment and quality of life.
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topics: Cargo-Oriented Development, Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Sustainable Economic Development, Transportation
Among the many benefits of smart growth initiatives, building off a community’s underutilized transit and freight assets is a development strategy that can offer a rich combination of paybacks: business and job growth, viable local small businesses, cost savings for the average household, and...
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topics: Energy, Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Sustainable Economic Development, Transportation
Fort Wayne today faces many challenges: how to gain and retain new jobs in a changing global economy; how to make the most efficient use of limited natural resources; how to build a prosperous city for all residents in a way that does not damage the possibility of future generations enjoying...
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topics: Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Sustainable Economic Development, Transportation
The general public has been excluded for too long from transportation decisions in Northeastern Illinois. Given the opportunity, the citizenry would fundamentally reform transportation planning to accomplish broader regional goals. The overall vision the public prefers would provide more...
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topics: Sustainable Economic Development, Transportation
Is the continued migration of city dwellers to the suburbs an indicator of the low value ascribed to America’s cities? If so, that negative judgment is endorsed by score-keeping, ranging from the Census to the daily economic reports and news, all of which give low marks, on the whole, to the nation...
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topics: Sustainable Economic Development
“As part of a living system, we want to learn to succeed at being human.” What is the purpose of this material? This material is intended as a resource to support the development of local and national networks to learn about and act on sustainability in densely populated industrial regions. It...