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ETOD advances policies and investments that help close socioeconomic gaps and elevate community voice in transit-oriented development decision-making.

See how economic and affordable housing development near public transit can benefit you and your community through increased housing security, the creation of jobs and local revenue, and better transportation access.

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Demographic Trends

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Sources: U.S. Census 2000, Summary File 1 and 3; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates 2006-2010 and 2016-2020

Community Impacts

Growing near transit benefits us all.
By building new opportunities for people of all incomes to live, work and shop near transit in neighborhoods across the city, we can grow Chicago and give more Chicagoans excellent access to high-quality schools, jobs, retail and parks.

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Residential Units: 0

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Affordable Units: 0 (0%)

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Impacts to community

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More housing units and more people living in an area increases local retail sales, transit use and tax revenue.

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The overall purchasing power, for the purposes of this tool, is the total income of the households minus the rent they are paying.

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Development near transit helps to create jobs and provides people with better access to jobs across the city and region.

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New development brings more residents and workers who will frequent the local businesses, spending money that will remain in the neighborhood.

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Tax revenue (over 10 years)--

Tax revenue supports the public services that keep our city running: schools, streets, police officers, parks and transit.

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While federal government investments in infrastructure and public services are crucial to an equitable pandemic recovery, it will be important to raise local revenues to sustain that recovery and advance an equitable, just future for our region.

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Local tax revenue from this development is estimated as:

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Annual transit trips--

People who live and work near public transportation are far more likely to use buses and trains, as well as walk and bike.

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By focusing dense, mixed-use developments in affordable housing, walkable and bikeable streets, healthy amenities, and the arts near transit lines, we will help make transit the preferred option for equitable mobility.

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Transit use generated by residents in this building results in:

Percent commuters using transit:

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Total annual revenue:

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Residential Parking Used--%

On-site parking is often required for development projects, but people who live near transit are less likely to drive. The building design has 0 spaces allocated for residential use - or -- spaces per dwelling unit. Non-residential parking is difficult to predict and is not estimated in the ETOD tool.

what we know:

In many cases, our laws require the construction of more parking than is needed. We mandate affordable housing for cars, but not people.

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Using data collected on parked cars in the middle of the night for multifamily buildings in Cook County, the following lists what those data would estimate.

Approximate parked cars:

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Approximate parked cars per unit:

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Reduced GHG from Driving-- kg/year

A household's need to drive is affected by both location and household make up. The likely tenants in this building will drive less than similar households in non-transit enhanced locations, producing greenhouse gases (GHG).

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GHG emissions, including those produced by cars are causing climate change now, causing excessive heat and flooding in our region today. These real harms disproportionately affect marginalized communities, like people of color, people with lower incomes, and people with disabilities.

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Residents in this building driving will compare to the neighborhood's driving:

Average household driving in building

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Average household driving in neighborhood

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Average household driving in Cook County

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Average household driving in Cook County TOD

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Average household driving in Cook County not in TOD

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Transit Benefits

Location affects daily transit needs. See how your site's location compares to the average TOD site near transit and the average non-TOD site without transit nearby.

Transit Score

Your Site

9.4

AllTransit^TM Performance Score

Avg. TOD

9.28

Avg. NON-TOD

6.74

The AllTransit Performance score is an overall transit score (10 point scale) of how well public transit serves this neighborhood. It looks at access to transit stops, frequency of service to those stops, and what can be accessed once on the transit. The location you have selected has a score of 9.4.

On average households at this location have:

Transit Trips per Week within ½ Mile

Jobs Accessible in 30-minute trip

% Commuters Who Use Transit

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Job Access

Your Site

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Total jobs are accessible within a 30-minute transit trip.

Avg. TOD

650,135

Avg. NON-TOD

246,886

A building at -- has transit access to -- -- jobs than an average TOD location and -- -- jobs than an average non-TOD location in Cook County.

>Also within a 30-minute transit trip:

Jobs that require Associates Degree or less

Jobs in Retail

Workers who can get to this location

Within a 30-minute transit trip from this location there are entry level jobs (requiring a Associates degree or less). There are also jobs in the retail sector, a good indicator of the access to retail locations. For a more detailed breakdown of these jobs visit AllTransit.

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Transportation Costs

Your Site

$446/month

Transportation costs per month per household

Avg. TOD

$636/mo.

Avg. NON-TOD

$948/mo.

Residents living at Your Site would spend -- more/less on transportation costs than those in who live in an average TOD location and -- more/less than those in an average non-TOD location in Cook County.

Transportation costs depend largely on location, but also on household makeup. The monthly transportation cost is estimated to be $ to own cars (mostly from depreciation), $ to drive them (gas, tires, maintenance, etc.), and $ for transit fares. See The Housing and Transportation (H+T®) Affordability Index for more information.

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Auto Reliance

Your Site

0.73 vehicles

Average number of vehicles owned per household

Avg. TOD

0.99

Avg. NON-TOD

1.55

Residents living at Your Site would be -- more/less reliant on a vehicle than those in who live in an average TOD location and -- more/less reliant than those in an average non-TOD location in Cook County.

The largest component of transportation cost is usually auto ownership. If tenants can own fewer cars and still get to work and all other aspects of household life, they can use the savings on other expenses.

Avg. miles per year

Your location:

Avg. TOD location: 9,955

Avg. non-TOD location: 16,398

See The Housing and Transportation (H+T®) Affordability Index for more information.

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A project by Center for Neighborhood Technology and the Metropolitan Planning Council.

© 2022. All rights reserved. Designed and built by Center for Neighborhood Technology.

Funding for this project by Polk Bros. Foundation, US Bank, People's Gas, and Dr. Scholl Foundation.

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ETOD advances policies and investments that help close socioeconomic gaps and elevate community voice in transit-oriented development decision-making.

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Transit Benefits

Transit Score

9.4

Job Access

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Transportation Costs

$446/month

Auto Reliance

0.73 vehicles