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05-02-13
Read descriptions of the 16 winners from 8 states honored in this year's program.
05-02-13
Smart growth policies are often considered by planning agencies as a strategy to reduce congestion, emissions, and other impacts on travel demand.
09-14-12
Learn about downtown and corridor revitalization efforts and other transportation initiatives improving local economies and quality of life.
06-13-12
USDOT has released two training videos, and TRB published proceedings of a conference on livability and transportation systems.
12-02-11
AMPO has scheduled a series of webinars on topics related to addressing climate change in transportation planning.
11-21-11
The HUD-DOT-EPA Partnership for Sustainable Communities and the USDA have released Supporting Sustainable Rural Communities, a report that discusses how the four agencies are collaborating to support rural communities. T
07-29-11
Learn about initiatives in Alabama, Oregon, and Vermont that connect people to the regional economy.
02-16-11
Speakers' presentations and a recording of yesterday's event have been posted to the website.
01-21-11
Learn about projects on rural travel demand management and small metro trail development and interpretation.
11-04-10
The report uses case studies to illustrate strategies to guide growth while protecting natural and working lands and preserving the rural character of existing communities.
08-05-10
The presentations and recording from yesterday's webinar on natural gas drilling and today's webinar on HUD's regional planning grants have been posted.
07-15-10
The agency will hold a webcast on July 19 on its Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grants and Community Challenge Grants.
07-11-10
On July 1, the two agencies held a webinar on the joint grant solicitation for livability planning initiatives.
11-30-09
Collections of freight resources and livability and integrated planning resources have been added to the Rural Transportation.org Resource Library.
06-19-09
Last month's webinar on climate change and transportation has been approved for AICP CMs, plus access a video recording and presentation slides.