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ETOD Social Impact Calculator

Discover the social and economic impacts of your affordable housing development and the benefits of locating it near transit. more »

Chicago Truck Data Portal

CNT and the Little Village Environmental Justice Organization counted trucks and buses throughout Chicagoland. The counts available through this open... more »

STELLAR

Supporting Transportation Electrification: Leadership, Learning, Assistance, and Resources more »

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Last year, Center for Neighborhood Technology invested nearly $3 million directly and indirectly in support, infrastructure and coaching for community-based organizations—about a third of our budget.

This ranged from stipends for steering committee members in programs like RainReady and Civic Innovation Hub to covering costs for specialized services like legal, marketing, and real estate consulting in Elevated Works to collaborative grant projects and consulting fees for user testing of online tools. Help us grow this capacity for the coming year by making a meaningful contribution.

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Chicago Community Planning Academy: a new way to democratize the built environment
November 25, 2024

  CNT is excited to announce a new partnership with the Chicago Architecture Center to develop the Chicago Community Planning Academy. The Chicago Community Planning Academy creates a thriving community of empowered participants who actively engage in formal planning and design processes to advocate for and create more equitable, healthy, and vibrant neighborhoods through continuous, equity-centered education and networking. Applications are now open – we and our... Continue reading »

 

Featured Publication

Building Capacity and Connecting Communities

by CNT and members of the Transportation Equity Network (TEN)
November 21, 2022

Building Capacity and Connecting Communities provides a guidebook on how to best engage vulnerable communities in transportation knowledge and capacity-building. CNT partnered with six community-based organizations, all members of the Transportation Equity Network (TEN) and all representing the interests of community members who are often excluded in transportation decision-making. The organizations shared their approach to capacity and knowledge building. Common themes included experience and exposure as the best teachers, the importance of increasing transportation literacy, and using lived experiences to better understand projects.

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Evanston cautiously embraces transit-oriented development to achieve climate goals

Daily Northwestern | September 27, 2024

A train at an Evanston station

Evanston might seem like a stereotypical college town — replete with bookstores, coffee shops, trendy restaurants and an abundance of apartments close to Northwestern. Looking closely, however, Evanston has two relatively unique assets: widespread access to consistent public transit and local amenities within walking distance.

That’s a result of transit-oriented development, which maximizes the amount of housing and commercial space adjacent to public transit stations. It’s gaining traction among city planners across the country as cities like San Francisco and Boston aim to meet climate goals.

 

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