by Sarah Marshall Pragg | Mar 19, 2013 | News
A new study from the Center for Neighborhood Technology affirms that homes located near public transportation maintain their property values better than homes without transit access. The study found that residential property values hold their value 42 percent better...
by Sarah Marshall Pragg | Feb 14, 2013 | News
In 2007, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, the U.S. Green Building Council, and the Center for American Progress launched the concept for the STAR Community Rating System (STAR) at GREENBUILD in Chicago, IL. By 2008, they had established a formal partnership...
by Sarah Marshall Pragg | Jan 15, 2013 | News
Sam Schwartz Engineering, the transportation engineering and planning firm, and America Walks, the national pedestrian advocacy organization, are proud to announce the launch of walksteps.org. This new website is the online home of their new guide, Steps to a Walkable...
by Sarah Marshall Pragg | Jan 12, 2013 | News
As a follow up to a Complete Communities Delaware 2012 Summit panel discussion by members of the Delaware development community, IPA is hosting a series of workshops in 2013 on “State and Local Government Regulatory Barriers to Complete Communities in Delaware.” The...
by Sarah Marshall Pragg | Nov 5, 2012 | News
Designing Cities: Leading the Way to World Class Streets was a two-day conference (October 24th – 26th, 2012) organized by the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) & NYU Wagner Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management and was...