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In the first three parts of this series (1, 2, 3), we discussed the folly of spending $4 billion to widen I-270 instead of focusing development in denser areas and beefing up MARC to better serve the 270 corridor with existing infrastructure. ...

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Touted coast to coast as the key to "transit-oriented development," light rail systems are close to "accepted wisdom" as keys to 21st century metropolitan growth. But it's worth remembering that the Interstate Highway System, when first promulgated in the 1950s, was widely and uncritically hailed too....

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Before her night shifts as a registered nurse, Tijeerah Washington checks Metrorail's Web site, then dashes out the door five minutes before her train is supposed to leave. ...

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Though measures will be required to reduce its environmental impact, transit-oriented development around a planned Pittsburg BART station is one step closer to reality.  This week, Pittsburg leaders approved environmental documents for the Railroad Avenue Specific Plan, a tool to make the area around Railroad Avenue and Highway 4 more efficient with high-density housing, shops, parks and public space....

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Six months after Valley Metro launched its light rail system throughout the metro area, developers continue to take a wait-and-see attitude about any potential transit oriented development at or near stations. Area brokers tell GlobeSt.com the reasons for developmental delays range from the poor economy to the fact that light rail in Phoenix is still a curiosity, rather than an alternative transportation mode...

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Forty minutes from downtown Boston, Woodland Station would be just another stop on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green Line - except for the modern, four-story apartment complex that opened two years ago just across from the platform.....
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The 2002 study "Using The Internet To Envision Neighborhoods With Transit-Oriented Development Potential" has been added to the Best Practices. 

Last week, state legislators passed the New Jersey Economic Stimulus Act of 2009, an omnibus bill designed to stimulate private sector development and job growth while revitalizing urban hubs. Sponsored by Assembly Majority Leader Joe Roberts, A4048/S2299 expands the Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit by broadening the definition of a "transit hub" to include light rail stations and businesses that are located along and utilize rail freight lines, doubling the geographic radius for Camden, and lowering the minimum investment needed to qualify....
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