Strengthening Transit Through Community Partnerships
Fort Wayne needs a dramatic catalyst to create excitement about its new urban future. Streetcars could play that role. Streetcars are enjoying a resurgence across the nation. Many cities that once had streetcars are reviving them; other cities are building...Read more
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topics: Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Housing, Transportation
In a sustainable Fort Wayne, residents have the opportunity to reduce the cost and impacts of travel. This report provides information on housing and transportation (H + T) costs in Fort Wayne.
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topics: Transportation
This handy pocket/wallet guide explains what both pedestrians and drivers need to do to keep Illinois walking safely.
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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, Transportation
Since 1980, as part of the School Safety Busing program, school boards across Illinois have been documenting Serious Safety Hazard Findings and submitting them to their IDOT district office for approval. Thousands of forms were submitted in the last two-and-a-half decades representing an...
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topics: Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Transportation
This report, researched and written by staff at the Center for Neighborhood Technology, Reconnecting America, and Strategic Economics — working together as the Center for TransitOriented Development — makes a substantial new contribution to our knowledge base regarding mixed-income, mixed-race...
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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: Equitable Transit Oriented Development, Policy, Transportation
There are many people who, because of their age, mobility, or economic standing, rely on public transportation for access to essential services. Without access to transportation, and to the process through which transportation policies and plans are made, many citizens are locked out of...