Publication Library

Industrial EcoDistricts: Primer

CNT
June, 2017

This paper presents CNT’s recent research on a range of innovations for Industrial EcoDistricts in the areas of energy, water, transportation, and waste. Our work looks at district-scale interventions through the lenses of: What is it?, Why do it?, and...Read more

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PDF icon CNT_EcoDistrictPrimer.pdf

Food Incubator Energy Systems Innovation

Jen McGraw, CNT Director of Sustainability Innovation
April, 2017

With the recent uptick in manufacturing around the United States, the importance of food manufacturing to local economies has come into focus for its roles in creating jobs and building on the local culinary and cultural assets of a community....Read more

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PDF icon Hatchery_FoodIncubatorEnergySystemsInnovation.pdf

Chicago’s Central Manufacturing District: The Past and Future of Urban Manufacturing

CNT
May, 2016

Anchored by its landmark 12-story clock tower on Pershing Road, Chicago’s Central Manufacturing District (CMD) was the first planned manufacturing district in the United States. Today, it stands largely empty. The site has myriad advantages – like its central location,...Read more

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PDF icon Chicago'sCentralManufacturingDistrict.pdf

Stalled Out: How Empty Parking Spaces Diminish Neighborhood Affordability

CNT
March, 2016

Stalled Out: How Empty Parking Spaces Diminish Neighborhood Affordability explores the relationship between unused parking and neighborhood affordability. Many cities, including Chicago, mandate the minimum number of parking spaces new developments need to build. As the report points out,...Read more

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PDF icon CNT_Stalled Out.pdf

Estimating Parking Utilization in Multi-Family Residential Buildings in Washington, D.C.

Jonathan Rogers, Dan Emerine, Peter Haas, David Jackson, Peter Kauffmann, Rick Rybeck, Ryan Westrom
January, 2016

The District Department of Transportation and the District of Columbia Office of Planning recently led a research effort to understand how parking utilization in multi-family residential buildings is related to neighborhood and building characteristics. Prior research has shown that overbuilding...Read more

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PDF icon DR1_TRB_DC Multifamily Parking Utilization.pdf

Income, Location Efficiency, and VMT: Affordable Housing as a Climate Strategy

Gregory L. Newmark Ph.D and Peter M. Haas Ph.D
December, 2015

This paper combines detailed travel-survey, transit-service, and land-use data to estimate a model for predicting the role of income and location efficiency in reducing household vehicle-miles traveled (VMT). The research then applies this model to census data collected in the...Read more

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PDF icon CNT Working Paper revised 2015-12-18.pdf

Rx for a Prosperous Region

CNT
June, 2015

Cook County's hub-and-spoke transit system no longer meets the needs of residents. Filling in the system's gaps will increase access to jobs, shorten commutes, and lower household transportation costs.Read more

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PDF icon CNT_Transit Future Benefits.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

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