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 Housing & Transportation: Affordability in Grand Rapids and Kent County, a new report by the Grand Rapids Area Coalition to End Homelessness uses CNT's Housing + Transportation Affordability Index (H+TSM Index) data to illustrate the dearth of affordable housing in the region. The report aims to re-shape how leaders in and around Grand Rapids think about and address homelessness. Highlighting the impact of transportation costs on affordability, the report incorporates CNT's first ever rural analysis of housing and transportation costs for Grand Rapids and eight nearby counties. Learn more.
 Delta Urbanism: New Orleans traces the development of New Orleans from pre-colonial times to post-Katrina realities. The book describes the underlying physical terrain and covers the various transformations humans have made to it: site selection, settlement, urbanization, population, expansion, drainage, protection, exploitation, devastation, and recovery. What New Orleans has experienced foretells what similar cities will be tackling in years to come. Learn more.
 In his book Mass Motorization and Mass Transit, David W. Jones examines how the United States became the world's most thoroughly motorized nation and why mass transit has been more displaced in the United States than in any other advanced industrial nation. Learn more.
 In Clear as Mud: Planning for the Rebuilding of New Orleans, Robert Olshansky and Laurie Johnson provide important insight into the challenges of rebuilding New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. These challenges involve rebuilding buildings and institutions while also creating a community planning structure that is both equitable and effective, and addressing the concerns and demands of stakeholders. The authors’ insights can help cities around the globe recognize the challenges of rebuilding and recovering after disaster strikes. Learn more.
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