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Making Public Housing Public

Media last updated February 19, 2010

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  • City Limits

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  • February 18, 2010

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The Growth Catalyst: Reviving New York City s Economy With Infrastructure

Media last updated February 9, 2010

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  • The New School

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  • January 28, 2010

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Future Streets: Making Room for Everybody?

Media last updated January 30, 2010

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  • Metro

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  • January 21, 2010

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Public Housing in New York City: Building Communities of Opportunity

Report last updated October 27, 2009

As New York City works to promote economic opportunity for the poor, a new report by the Pratt Center for Community Development, "Public Housing in New York City: Building Communities of Opportunity," provides an in-depth look at the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and the nearly 500,000 New Yorkers who live in its 286 developments. Funded by the Brooklyn Community Foundation, a charitable organization devoted exclusively to support Brooklyn’s nonprofit community, the report outlines strategies that would help create and increase opportunities for public housing residents, nearly half of whom live in poverty.

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Bus Rapid Transit: A Transportation Revolution at a Bargain Price

Issue Brief last updated May 27, 2009

Working with COMMUTE, a citywide coalition of community organizations working for transportation equity, the Pratt Center analyzed commuting patterns, the location of large employment centers, and existing bus routes to develop a proposal for a citywide bus rapid transit network.

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Bus Rapid Transit proposed route - Sunset Park to JFK

Map last updated May 20, 2009

Transit connections to job centers outside of Manhattan will be vital as New York City moves to diversify its economy. Bus Rapid Transit can connect riders to industrial centers, hospitals, universities, and other destinations hard for many riders to reach by subway.

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Bus Rapid Transit - COMMUTE route proposal

Map last updated May 20, 2009

The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) and MTA are seeking public input on the rollout of bus rapid transit (BRT) – a vital new addition to New York City’s transit landscape that will make speedier commutes a reality for tens of thousands of New Yorkers now forced to rely on slow local buses.

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COMMUTE

Project last updated May 6, 2009

Communities United for Transportation Equity

COMMUTE is a coalition of New York City community groups that initially came together in 2007 to make congestion pricing work for working families, by advocating for the use of congestion pricing revenues to finance mass-transit investments benefiting underserved communities and low-income commuters.

COMMUTE is now continuing its work to promote mass-transit investments for inadequately served low-income New Yorkers. The Pratt Center is coordinating COMMUTE and providing supporting research.

COMMUTE members include:

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Bus Rapid Transit

Project last updated April 16, 2009

Bus Rapid Transit makes buses move people almost as quickly and efficiently as a subway system, but at a much lower cost.

In tight-budget times, BRT makes more sense than ever. Multi-billion dollar subway and commuter rail projects don't serve the communities with the most urgent transit needs; they also require an all-or nothing commitment that burdens the transit system and its riders with debt, and don't deliver their promised benefits for many years.

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