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Putting Places First: Targeting Infrastructure Improvements to Spur Investment in Priority Development Areas

CNT
November, 2015

The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) has helped chart a new framework for regional development focused on underutilized land in existing communities and anchored by walkable neighborhoods, transit, and freight. This report reveals that the transportation projects we’re funding...Read more

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Freight Train to Community Prosperity: Metrics for the Integration of Community Economic Development and Efficient Freight Movement

CNT
October, 2015

In this report, CNT proposes metrics to assess the feasibility and performance of cargo-oriented development (COD) , a form of development that integrates freight system efficiencies with the development of manufacturing and logistics businesses in ways that drive local...Read more

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PDF icon CNT_FreightTraintoCommunityProsperity.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

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