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What should the program for a Transportation Management District look like?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Transportation Demand Management programming The reality is, especially in a place like Salt Lake, most people drive. While this might not be dense for a much bigger city, Sugar House is becoming the densest SLC neighborhood outside of downtown, especially along the Trax light rail line. Photo: Leah Hogsten, Salt Lake Tribune.

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A dispute over Amtrak funding derailed a vote on THUD

GCN

The House GOP’s Transportation and Housing and Urban Development funding bill would cut $8 billion from the departments. But that’s not what scuttled the vote.

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5 Reasons Cities Should Include Trees in Climate Action

The City Fix

Their strategies typically focus on reducing emissions from sectors such as transportation, energy, housing and waste. Cities and communities around the world are stepping up to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and prevent dangerous climate change impacts. But there’s one sector many communities.

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Opinion: Workforce housing essential for CT economic growth

The Whistle Post

Child care and transportation are two of the challenges, and both have long been considered to have a national impact. It’s the elephant in the room, and it’s why there is now an unmistakable link between affordable housing and Connecticut’s ability to build a competitive labor force. I commend Gov.

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Developing Cities Need Cash. Land Value Capture Can Help

The City Fix

Some of the fastest growing cities in developing countries like India, Brazil and Ethiopia are strapped for cash. Up to 70% of residents in developing. These cities often struggle to provide basic infrastructure and services for a growing population, leading to widespread inequalities. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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The basic lesson of intensification that government officials and activists don't understand: intensification happens first in high value areas, not low value areas

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Illustration from The House Book by Keith DuQuette, showing the intensification of land use as you move from suburban areas to the center city. From the article: This involved allowing additional dwelling units, or ADUs, typically basement or attic apartments or coach houses. From the Smart Transportation Guidebook.

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Community building versus economic development

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

A problem on Market East and in Philadelphia, they said, is the city government only contemplates the future in response to developers’ wishes. Similarly, a school in her neighborhood is closing and she suggests it become a library, even though it's a good site for multiunit housing, when the main library is just a few miles away.