http://www.cnt.org/news Sustainable Communities. Attainable Results. Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:22:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A new report by the Grand Rapids Area Coalition to End Homelessness uses CNT’s Housing + Transportation Affordability Index (H+TSM Index) data to illustrate the dearth of affordable housing in the region. The report, part of the coalition’s decade-long plan to end homelessness, aims to re-shape how leaders in and ... http://www.cnt.org/news/2010/08/23/ht-index-data-informs-grand-rapids-report-on-homelessness/ The popular website that gives you a score based on the walkability of your neighborhood will now include CNT’s ground-breaking transportation cost information to its suite of consumer-oriented tools. Walk Score, which allows users to obtain a “walkability” rating for a specific location based on the number of nearby amenities, is ... http://www.cnt.org/news/2010/08/16/cnt-transportation-cost-data-now-seen-on-walk-score/ CHICAGO (August 16, 2010)—The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) announced today that it is providing its ground-breaking transportation cost information to the popular website WalkScore.com. Walk Score, which allows users to obtain a “walkability” rating for a specific location based on the number of nearby amenities, is using data from CNT’s ... http://www.cnt.org/news/2010/08/16/center-for-neighborhood-technology-to-provide-its-innovative-transportation-cost-data-to-walk-score/ [caption id="attachment_3463" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Money Magazine's "best places to live" cover story fails to take into account the cost of transportation."][/caption] Money magazine’s “100 Best Places to Live in America” is the most recent, high-profile example of how we need to re-think our definition of affordability when it comes to where ... http://www.cnt.org/news/2010/08/11/need-to-consider-transportation-costs-when-choosing-%e2%80%9cbest-places-to-live%e2%80%9d/ Now that Congress has failed to pass strong climate legislation this year, the Obama Administration has the opportunity to demonstrate its leadership and re-tool its role in supporting state and local governments in creating better solutions to address climate change. To respond to this missed opportunity at enacting a comprehensive climate ... http://www.cnt.org/news/2010/08/11/pcap-responds-to-stalls-in-climate-change-legislation-with-a-%e2%80%9cplan-b%e2%80%9d/ [caption id="attachment_3431" align="alignright" width="250" caption="A partnership between HUD, DOT, EPA. Secretaries Shaun Donovan, Ray LaHood, Lisa Jackson, respectively. Photo: EPA"][/caption] The U.S. Senate Banking Committee, chaired by Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), approved the Livable Communities Act on August 3. The legislation would create an Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities to ... http://www.cnt.org/news/2010/08/05/livable-communities-act-endorsed-by-the-u-s-senate-banking-committee/ [caption id="attachment_3412" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Our Lady Gate of Heaven Church in Calumet. Photo taken after a storm in the summer 2008. Before the bioswale was installed, the parking would be flooded for days after a big rain.  The bioswale soaked up this rain after one day. "][/caption] As Chicago-area residents ... http://www.cnt.org/news/2010/07/30/climate-change-damaging-storms-and-the-role-of-green-infrastructure/ Late last week Gov. Pat Quinn signed the Housing + Transportation Affordability Index Act, which will give state agencies the complete information they need to make wise investment decisions in housing. The theory behind the bill is simple: Housing costs do not end when we sign our rent or mortgage checks. ... http://www.cnt.org/news/2010/07/26/governor-quinn-signs-the-housing-transportation-affordability-index-act/ Next year, I-GO Car Sharing will add to its fleet 30 electric vehicles that run entirely on renewable energy. For the past two weeks, I-GO has been one of the few groups in North America to test drive the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, a zero-emissions electric vehicle (EV) currently sold only in Japan. While I-GO ... http://www.cnt.org/news/2010/07/25/3378/ News that the Senate leadership in Congress has decided to indefinitely postpone passing comprehensive climate and energy legislation this year is tremendously disappointing. Though climate change regulations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, states and regions are still moving forward, many viewed this summer as the best opportunity for Congress ... http://www.cnt.org/news/2010/07/23/cnts-work-as-important-as-ever-as-capitol-hill-climate-momentum-stalls/