Tools Development Strategies Research + Reports About Compact and dynamic neighborhoods with walkable streets and high access to jobs, transit, and a wide variety of businesses are more efficient, affordable, and sustainable. Learn More Location Matters. CNT’s approach to big challenges — like poverty, climate change, urban sprawl — starts in small places, like city neighborhoods. Making neighborhoods and cities more efficient can make them more affordable, create jobs, and cut harmful greenhouse gas emissions. Location Efficiency Solutions CNT’s location efficiency solutions include web-based tools, comparison maps, downloadable data, research reports and other resources that can help communities become more convenient and livable. Location Efficiency Tools Our growing suite of web-based tools helps planners, developers and individuals improve the quality of life across America. Development Strategies Our work promotes strategies to grow and develop our communities in location-efficient ways, making them more livable, affordable, and sustainable. Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) photo by FlickrCC davidwilson1949 Transit-Oriented Development increases location efﬁciency by providing a good mix of housing, jobs, retail and recreational choices. Learn More » Cargo-Oriented Development (COD) photo by Brandon Townley Cargo-Oriented Development promotes the greenest, most efficient way to move freight as a strategy to re-energize the economies of American cities. Learn More » Priority Development Areas (PDAs) photo by City of Suwanee Priority Development Area strategies target housing and transportation investments to spur development in location-efficient places. Learn More » Research + Reports Our research and reports provide robust analysis and highlight location efficiency strategies in communities across the nation. View Library » The New Real Estate Mantra: Location Near Public Transportation Residential real estate sales prices for properties located near transit are healthier and more resilient than in the broader metropolitan region. That’s the conclusion of this report, written by CNT and commissioned by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) and the National Association of Realtors® (NAR). Although residential real estate prices dropped during the recession in the five regions studied (2006 to 2011 in Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Phoenix, and San Francisco), average sales prices for residential properties within walking distance of a heavy rail, light rail, commuter rail, and Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) station outperformed the region by an average of 42 percent. Download PDF Quality of Life, (e)Quality of Place: Growing Local Economies through Equitable Transit-Oriented Development Download PDF Cargo-Oriented Development: Concept and Opportunity Download PDF Losing Ground: The Struggle of Moderate-Income Households to Afford the Rising Costs of Housing and Transportation Download PDF View All Research + Reports Location Efficiency The Location Efficiency Hub showcases CNT’s research, strategies and decision support tools designed to help planners, policy makers and individuals measure and implement location efficiency in America. About CNT The Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) is an award-winning innovations laboratory for urban sustainability. CNT takes on big challenges starting in small places, like city neighborhoods. Learn more at CNT.org. Stay Connected Receive the CNT Update by email © Copyright, Center for Neighborhood Technology