The policy approaches highlighted in this report are meant to inspire further equity-focused arts and culture policy action in partnership with community agencies and organizations… Read More »
economic opportunity
The Curb-Cut Effect
Laws and programs designed to benefit vulnerable groups, such as the disabled or people of color, often end up benefiting all of society. There’s an… Read More »
The How and Why of Measuring Access to Opportunity: A Guide to Performance Management
This resource provides the data, tools, and methodologies transportation officials need to measure access to opportunity so this can be made part of planning and… Read More »
Investing in Mobility and Equity: Strengthening California’s Low Carbon Transit Operating Program
This looks at the first two years of California’s Low Carbon Transit Operating Program (LCTOP). The report assesses whether and how transit service and capital… Read More »
Common Claims about Proposition 13
This report from the California Legislative Analyst’s Office looks at the impacts of Prop 13, the California law passed in 1978 that caps annual property… Read More »
Scaling Solutions: Strategies for Building Effective Philanthropy Partnerships
This guide for navigating public-philanthropic partnerships draws on US Housing and Urban Development’s place-based programs which have benefitted from the active engagement of philanthropic partners.… Read More »
Measuring What We Value: Prioritizing Public Health to Build Prosperous Regions
This new package of case studies released by Transportation for America, in partnership with the American Public Health Association, showcases a range of strategies that… Read More »
Returns on Resilience: The Business Case
This report looks at how “building for resilience” to protect buildings and sites from increasing climate change risks makes business sense.
Land Use and Municipal Budgets: The Fiscal Connection
Municipalities across the United States are struggling with the fiscal burden of expenditures for infrastructure and services that are higher than necessary because of inefficient… Read More »
Planning for a More Resilient Future: A Guide to Regional Approaches
This report summarizes the growing body of research on resilience from disasters (both natural and human-induced) and examines current thinking on regional resilience.
