Chicago hosts one of eight events across the country, calling on presidential candidates and Congress to build our way out of economic peril and into the 21st Century
Recent Storm Demonstrates the Importance of Capturing Raindrops Where They Fall
WHAT: Less than a year ago, on October 18th, the students at St. Margaret Mary Elementary School in the Rogers Park neighborhood planted 500 seedlings of 17 species of native plants in a bioswale cut out of the main parking lot.
CNT Announces New Staff Charged with Directing Transportation and Community Development Work
CNT has announced that MarÃa Choca Urban will serve as its Director for Transportation and Community Development. MarÃa’s career in transportation and community development spans 15 years in both the public and private sectors. Prior to joining CNT, she served as the Chicago Transit Authority’s General Manager for Policy and Strategic Solutions where she directed the CTA’s Transit Oriented Development (TOD) initiatives including a joint effort with the City of Chicago to undertake several pilot projects and development of the CTA’s first TOD plan for its rail network.
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New Online Gas Maps Paint Money-Saving Picture for Urban Dwellers
Chicago - Record-high gasoline prices are inspiring more Americans to celebrate Independence Day close to home. But those who live where they can walk, bike or take public transit to their local fireworks displays and other amenities are benefiting from another sort of independence - from gasoline.
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Groups call for investment in transit to give people relief from high gas costs
Without sufficient alternatives to driving, American families spent their entire economic stimulus check on high-priced gas. According to new analysis from U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Group), since President Bush signed the tax rebates into law on February 13th, the average household spent over $1500 filling their tanks. Gas costs were higher than average in areas without robust public transportation.
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Update! The Housing + Transportation Affordability Index has received lots of attention around the country. From bloggers to the Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal to other industry professionals, here’s what people are saying.
CNT’s new Housing + Transportation Affordability Index interactive mapping tool has just launched; the new website - http://htaindex.cnt.org - will enable planners, policy-makers, housing and transit advocates, and individuals to calculate the true costs of housing and transportation in cities across the United States.
CNT is pleased to announce the release of the Presidential Climate Action Plan (PCAP), a plan to help the next President of the United States take bold action on global warming within the first 100 days of the new administration. Developed by a broad group of leaders from around the nation, the PCAP is the most comprehensive and detailed plan for national climate action yet presented to the presidential candidates and the American people. It consists of more than 100 proposed policies and programs covering more than a dozen critical areas of endeavor. More broadly, PCAP identifies how the 44th President and the Congress can help America find its path to a 21st Century economy that achieves three critical objectives: security, opportunity and stewardship.
The entire Northeastern Illinois region took a hit when the Illinois House failed to pass SB 572, a comprehensive transit funding and reform bill, which would have restructured the governance system for transit in Northeastern Illinois as well as guaranteed a long-term source of funding for transit. The bill would also have prevented CTA and Pace’s “doomsday” scenarios from coming into effect on September 16.
Last Thursday, CNT and other top regional environmental leaders held a press conference to speak out about the importance of public transit and the need to find a long-term solution to the pending transit crisis in Northeastern Illinois. Factor in global warming implications and the need to invest in infrastructure that can help mitigate the effects becomes even more timely and important.
Affordable housing, especially in the Chicago region, is increasingly difficult to acquire and is a threat to the economic future of the region. Today, area leaders in government, non-profit and the business sectors unveiled a program to reverse these dramatic losses in the affordable rental housing stock. Created in 2005, The Preservation Compact is a project of the Urban Land Institute and is supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
CNT is a creative think-and-do tank that combines rigorous research with the implementation of effective solutions. CNT works across disciplines and issues, including transportation and community development, energy, natural resources, and climate change.
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CNT celebrated 30 years of innovations in 2008. We could never have achieved this landmark…
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