True Cost Tompkins Project
True Cost Tompkins Participant
Exploring affordability of housing and transportation
True Cost Tompkins Participant
True Cost Tompkins Map
True Cost Tompkins
True Cost Tompkins explores the combined housing and
transportation costs of residents in Tompkins County. 12 Case Study stories highlight Four main strategies used by county residents to balance their combined housing and transportation costs.
See the locally calibrated tool for
calculating housing affordability with transportation factored in. This
tool, paired with case studies help to inform community leaders, organizers and decision makers on what it truly costs to live anywhere in Tompkins County.
Thank you to Tompkins County residents and organizers who were engaged in the True Cost Tompkins interviews and discussions.
A project of Ithaca Carshare in partnership with Way2Go, Cornell Cooperative Extension, the Ithaca Tompkins County Transportation Council, Tompkins County planning and sustainability, Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit, Think Topography and Randall West.
This
project is supported by New York State Energy Research Development
Authority(NYSERDA) and New York State Department of Transportation
(NYSDOT).
Contact
Norma Gutierrez
Way2Go Communications Coordinator
ng32@cornell.edu
(607) 272-2292 ext. 162
Last updated July 26, 2019
True Cost Tompkins Index
The True Cost Tompkins Index Map shows the relative costs of housing, transportation, and housing + transportation combined for an average income or modest income household in Tompkins County.
View the index map tool and enter an address or click an area on the map for more data about that specific area.
True Cost Tompkins Tools
Case Study Stories
Read stories of local residents and their unique housing and travel
situation.
Where do they live? How do they travel? Is it
affordable? If one factor changed, would their story change?
The case study stories chosen highlight 12 residents and Four main strategies used to balance the combined housing and transportation costs.
How to get involved
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Contact us to bring the True Cost Tompkins index map tool and case studies to your upcoming meeting.