Transportation

Traffic: Why It's Getting Worse, What Government Can Do
Policy Brief #128 by Anthony Downs, January 2004

Improving Transportation Decision Making in Low Income and Minority Communities
by Robert Puentes

(Speech) Congressional Black Caucus, Hearing on Reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
3/11/2004

A Metropolitan Vision for Transportation: Greater Devolution and Enhanced Accountability  by Robert Puentes
(Speech) Presentation to the National League of Cities, March 6, 2004  3/6/2004

The Role of Transit in Sustaining an Economically Competitive Region
by Robert Puentes
(Testimony) Council of the District of Columbia Committee on Public Services
2/9/2004

Missing the Bus: How States Fail to Connect Economic Development with Public Transit by Mafruza Khan (2003).   A 50-state survey of economic development subsidy programs – such as loans, grants, and tax incentives – reveals that not one single state effectively coordinates its economic development spending with public transportation planning.

Highways and Transit: Leveling the Playing Field in Federal Transportation Policy
by Edward Beimborn, Robert Puentes
(Report)
December 2003

Land Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation 723 kB PDF

Financing Intermodal Transportation  1197 kB PDF

Finding the Hidden Assets: The Economic Value of Efficient Inter-City Travel --Presentation to the National Association of Rail Passengers, May 1, 2003 - 5267 kB PDF

Developing Stories: Homegrown Innovations on Growth -- This guide to innovative municipal strategies is designed to give local examples of "Smart Growth" principles.    --  968 kB PDF

Place Matters - December 2001 --243 kB PDF

Illinois Case Studies

Prospects for TOD at Chicago's Underutilized Stations

Working Paper for Transport Chicago 2003 -- 407 kB PDF

Transportation in Evanston

48 kB PDF

Car Sharing Chicago info sheet

Outlines some of the basic concepts and logistical details of the future Chicago car sharing program.

98 kB PDF

CTAQC 2003-04 State of the Region report

The results of the 2003-04 transportation public involvement process that revisited the 11 Connecting Communities areas.

Changing Direction: Transportation Choices for 2030

1533 kB PDF

2020 Regional Transportation Plan Draft - A Guide to Effective Responses

53 kB PDF -- Indicators for Better Decisions in the Lower Des Plaines Watershed

Toward a Sustainable Evanston

North American Cities Offer The Evanston Interreligious Sustainability Circle A Way to Lead Evanston to a More Sustainable Future

406 kB Microsoft Word Document

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