Publication Library

Putting Places First: Targeting Infrastructure Improvements to Spur Investment in Priority Development Areas

CNT
November, 2015

The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) has helped chart a new framework for regional development focused on underutilized land in existing communities and anchored by walkable neighborhoods, transit, and freight. This report reveals that the transportation projects we’re funding...Read more

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PDF icon CNT_PuttingPlacesFirst.pdf

Lakeview Transit-Oriented Development: Housing + Transportation Trends

CNT + Lakeview Chamber of Commerce
April, 2015

We collaborated with the Lakeview Chamber of Commerce on a report supporting greater transit-oriented development (TOD) activity in the Lakeview neighborhood. The paper found the number of households in the neighborhood on the decline, despite millions of dollars in development...Read more

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PDF icon Lakeview TOD White Paper - FINAL 4-13-2015.pdf

New Orleans-Baton Rouge: Capturing the Value of the Economic Boom and the Freight that Supports It

by CNT
January, 2015

Since Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans-Baton Rouge super region has been working to secure lasting economic recovery. This report offers recommendations for using cargo- and transit-oriented development to help Southeast Louisiana capture community value from its largely underutilized rail system.Read more

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PDF icon CNT_BatonRougeNOLA.pdf

Quality of Life, (e)Quality of Place: Growing Local Economies through Equitable Transit-Oriented Development

by CNT and Open Communities
January, 2015

Rail transit anchors downtowns and neighborhoods in communities throughout Chicago’s northern suburbs and across the region, but many of these communities are falling behind in creating mixed-income transit-oriented development. This guidebook offers case studies, policy recommendations, and public participation tools...Read more

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PDF icon CNT_OpenCommunities_QualityOfLifeEqualityOfPlace.pdf

Building Capacity: Helping Communities Create Vibrant, Healthy and Economically Prosperous Neighborhoods

by Reconnecting America, Strategic Economics, CNT, Enterprise Community Partners, Center for Creative Land Recycling, Kim Burnett Consulting
December, 2013

The US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s Sustainable Communities Initiative offered support for sustainable development projects in cities and regions across the country. Grantees received access to capacity-building resources, including CNT’s team of technical experts, to help with...Read more

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PDF icon ReconnectingAmerica_BuildingCapacity.pdf

Charter of the New Urbanism

Chapter by Jacky Grimshaw
May, 2013

This pioneering guide, the first edition of which was released in 1999, illustrates how the Congress for the New Urbanism works to change the practices and standards of urban design and development to support healthy regions and diverse, complete neighborhoods....Read more

Transit-Oriented Development in the Chicago Region: Efficient and Resilient Communities for the 21st Century

by CNT
May, 2013

In Transit-Oriented Development in the Chicago Region: Efficient and Resilient Communities for the 21st Century , CNT researchers evaluated the dynamics of the Chicago Region’s 367 fixed Metra and CTA rail stations and station areas between 2000 and 2010. Using...Read more

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PDF icon CNT_TODInChicagoRegion.pdf

The influence of spatial and household characteristics on household transportation costs

Peter Haas, Stephanie Morse, Sofia Becker, Linda Young, Paul Esling
April, 2013

We developed a model that relates spatial and household variables to auto ownership, auto use, and transit use. This paper focuses on the multi-dimensional regression analysis used to relate the independent spatial variables (household density, block size, access to transit...Read more

The New Real Estate Mantra: Location Near Public Transportation (2013)

by CNT for the American Public Transit Association + National Association of Realtors
March, 2013

Residential real estate sales prices for properties located near transit are healthier and more resilient than in the broader metropolitan region. That’s the conclusion of this report, written by CNT and commissioned by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) and...Read more

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PDF icon CNT_TheNewRealEstateMantra.pdf

West Cook County COD+TOD Report

by CNT
October, 2012

Report lays out two interconnected strategies (cargo-oriented development and transit-oriented development) to generate economic development and preserve natural resources in the western suburbs of Cook County. Together, these strategies can be harnessed to mitigate suburban sprawl and take cars and...Read more

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PDF icon CNT_WestCookCountyCODTOD.pdf

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