Reports and Articles

 

Research and Reports

(2009 and earlier)

Maxed Out: Massachusetts Financing Transportation at a Crossroad.
A Primer from Transportation for Massachusetts (T4MA)

The Use of Chapter 40R in Massachusetts
Citizens' Housing and Planning Association and Metropolitan Area Planning Council, 2009.

The Transportation Prescription
Policy Link, 2009.

Healthy, Equitable Transportation: Research and Policy Recommendation
Policy Link, 2009.

Stranded at the Station
Transportation for America, 2009. 

Community Preservation Act and Affordable Housing
Citizens' Housing and Planning Association, 2008.

Managing Neighborhood Change: A Framework for Sustainable and Equitable Revitalization
Allan Mallach, National Housing Institute, 2008

 

To be Strong Again: Renewing the Promise in Smaller Industrial Cities
Rhadika Fox and Miriam Axe-Lute, PolicyLink, 2008

Toward a 21st Century Community: A Revitalizing Older Cities Field Hearing
Revitalizing Older Cities Congressional Task Force. 2008

2007 Growth and Transportation Survey
National Association of Realtors and Smart Growth America, 2007.

Growing Cooler
Urban Land Institute, 2007.

Voices from Forgotten Cities: Innovative Revitalization Coalitions in America's Older, Smaller Cities.
Prepared by Lorlene Hoyt and André Leroux, 2007.

Reconnecting Massachusetts Gateway Cities: Lessons Learned and an Agenda for Renewal
MassInc and The Brookings Institute, 2007

Restoring Prosperity: The State Role in Revitalizing America’s Older Industrial Cities
Jennifer S. Vey, The Brookings Institute, 2007

The State of the Cities: Revitalization Strategies for Smaller Cities in Massachusetts
Prepared by Citizens' Housing and Planning Association and Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations, 2006.

Planning for Equity: Coalitions and Moral Vision
Journal of Community Power Building
Andre Leroux, 2005

The Greater Boston Housing Report Card 2003: An Assessment of Progress on Housing in the Greater Boston Area
Citizens' Housing and Planning Association, April 2004. 

Energy and Smart Growth: It’s about How and Where We Build
The Funders’ Network and the Environmental and Energy Study Institute, 2004. 

Active Living by Design: Increasing Physical Activity through Community Design
Active Living by Design, 2004. 

Losing Ground: At What Cost? Changes in Land Use and Their Impact on Habitat, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Services in Massachusetts
Mass Audubon, 2003.

Measuring the Health Effects of Sprawl
Smart Growth America and the Surface Transportation Policy Project, 2003

Getting to Smart Growth II: 100 More Policies for Implementation
ICMA and the Smart Growth Network, 2003.

Safe Routes to Schools Toolkit for Communities: How to Start Your Own Walk-to-School-Bike-to-School- Traffic-Reduction-and-Safety Program
WalkBoston, August 2003.

Pedestrian and Transit-Friendly Design
Smart Growth America and the Surface Transportation Policy Project, 2003.

Smart Communities: Curbing Sprawl at Its Core
Local Initiatives Support Coalition, 2002.

Community Rules: A New England Guide to Smart Growth Strategies
Conservation Law Foundation, 2002.