Transportation issues often top the list of people's concerns about growth in their communities. The Transportation Toolkit, prepared under the direction of the National Association of REALTORS® Transportation Working Group, provides a set of tools to help REALTORS® and REALTOR® associations engage in finding local solutions to transportation needs.

Download Introduction and Table of Contents(PDF: 248KB).

Chapter 1, Overview of Transportation Topics, introduces the latest concepts and terminology in the field (PDF: 2.84MB).

Chapter 2, How is Transportation Funded?addresses the somewhat complicated but essential topic of transportation funding and the roles played by local, state, and federal governments (PDF: 2.14MB).

Chapter 3, How REALTORS® Can Get Involved, provides case studies that demonstrate how REALTOR® associations in different parts of the United States have handled various transportation challenges. A REALTOR® and three REALTOR® association executives tell their stories through interviews (PDF: 2.17MB).

Chapter 4, NAR Policy, provides the official 13-point NAR policy related to the reauthorization of the federal transportation funding law (PDF: 2.59MB).

Download the entire Transportation — A Toolkit for REALTORS®(PDF: 9.81MB).

For more information on the Transportation Toolkit or to request a hard copy, please contact:

Bob McNamara
National Association of REALTORS®
Smart Growth Policy Representative
Phone: 202/383-1268
Fax: 202/383-7580
E-mail: bmcnamara@realtors.org

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