Seattle Transit Community Typology
June 11, 2012
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Reconnecting America's Abigail Thorne Lyman, Director, Center for Transit-Oriented Development, and Reconnecting America Project Director Chris Yake will be in Seattle June 11 for a work session with Growing Transit Communities and the Puget Sound Regional Council. Participants in the session will be working on the creation of a typology framework.
Guidelines for Providing Access to Public Transportation Stations
May 10, 2012
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Transit Cooperative Research Program Report 153, "Guidelines for Providing Access to Public Transportation Stations," has been added to the Research Center best practices database. The report offers guidelines for providing access to rapid transit stations, describes a station access planning process, and provides a high-level station access planning tool.
Blogosphere: Congress' Transpo Failure, Seattle Parking Rates, Urban Ghost Towns, Land-Use Planning By Lawsuit, Miami Zoning Lessons
April 3, 2012
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Blogosphere - In this section you'll find commentary, opinion and editorials from blogs and newspapers around the country. The opinions expressed in these blogs do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Reconnecting America.
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Blogosphere: Congress Again Fails on Infrastructure
Washington Post Wonkbook
On Friday, President Obama signed the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012. Odds are you didn't hear about it. There wasn't a signing ceremony in the Rose Garden, and no one on the Hill rushed to the cameras to take the credit...
Read On Blogosphere: Revenue After Parking Rate Increase DC…
On Friday, President Obama signed the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012. Odds are you didn't hear about it. There wasn't a signing ceremony in the Rose Garden, and no one on the Hill rushed to the cameras to take the credit...
Read On Blogosphere: Revenue After Parking Rate Increase DC…
How station area typology can drive decisions
March 29, 2012
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Reconnecting America Project Director Chris Yake will be discussing "How station area typology can drive decisions" at the March 29 Futurewise's Transit-Oriented Communities Brownbag Series in Seattle. From the organization's website: "Futurewise's Transit-Oriented Communities: A Blueprint for Washington State publication and the Seattle Planning Commission's Seattle Transit Communities report are the first two attempts at typology in the region. And right now the Puget Sound Regional Council is in the midst of its own typology process to evaluate the north, east, and south corridors of the light rail extensions. There couldn't be a better time to discuss station area typology and its potential impact . We have a stellar line-up of presenters." More information here.
Guidelines for Providing Access to Public Transportation Stations
March 27, 2012|Transit Cooperative Research Program
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Foreward
TCRP Report 153: Guidelines for Providing Access to Public Transportation Stations provides a process and spreadsheet-based tool for effectively planning for access to high capacity transit stations, including commuter rail, heavy rail, light rail, bus rapid transit (BRT), and ferry. The report is accompanied by a CD that includes the station access planning spreadsheet tool that allows trade-off analyses among the various access modes (automobile, transit, bicycle, pedestrian, and transit-oriented development) for different station types. The potential effectiveness of transit-oriented development opportunities to increase transit ridership is also assessed.
This report and accompanying materials are intended to aid the many groups involved in planning, developing, and improving access to high capacity transit stations, including public transportation and highway agencies, planners, developers, and…
News: FTA New Starts Streamlining, Peace Dividend For Transit, California HSR, Central Indiana Transit Funding
January 26, 2012
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Tracks News - In this section you'll find news from cities around the country as well as interviews and general reporting on issues. It might be from a newspaper or a blog, but it counts as news.
National: LaHood Announces Major Transit Streamlining
FTA
During his State of the Union Address on Tuesday night, President Obama called on federal agencies to cut red tape in construction projects. Accepting that challenge, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today proposed a significant change in the way major transit projects compete for federal funds by streamlining the process and making decisions more responsive to local needs. ..
Read On National: Obama Calls to Use War…
During his State of the Union Address on Tuesday night, President Obama called on federal agencies to cut red tape in construction projects. Accepting that challenge, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today proposed a significant change in the way major transit projects compete for federal funds by streamlining the process and making decisions more responsive to local needs. ..
Read On National: Obama Calls to Use War…
Blogosphere: Urban Kansas City, 6 Month Neighborhood Fix, Hotlanta, Rain Gardens, Rail Junction Typology, Unaffordable Cities
January 26, 2012
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Blogosphere - In this section you'll find commentary, opinion and editorials from blogs and newspapers around the country. The opinions expressed in these blogs do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Reconnecting America.
Blogosphere: Hopes for Infrastructure Progress Glum
Transport Politic
The contributions of the Obama Administration to the investment in improved transportation alternatives have been significant, but it was clear from the President's State of the Union address last night that 2012 will be a year of diminished expectations in the face of a general election and a tough Congressional opposition...
The contributions of the Obama Administration to the investment in improved transportation alternatives have been significant, but it was clear from the President's State of the Union address last night that 2012 will be a year of diminished expectations in the face of a general election and a tough Congressional opposition...
Research: Delivering TOD in Queensland
October 25, 2011|TRB TRIS
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Planning at public transport stations often involves an uneven field of stakeholders with varying degrees of interest in a station and its immediate area. Because a controlling or integrating influence among these stakeholders is often absent, station area planning is usually divided into its component parts and therefore the outcomes are not well integrated... Read On
TOD Database: One Stop Shop for Station Area Data
September 24, 2011|CTOD
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Reconnecting America and the Center for Transit-Oriented Development held the third in its series of webinars on Sept. 20, 2011. "TOD Database: One Stop Shop for Station Area Data" introduced users to the functionality and potential applications of the TOD Database, a map-based website that provides comprehensive information on 4,610 transit stations across the country.
Press Release: CTOD releases West Corridor TOD Report for Denver Region
July 28, 2011
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What's the difference between good transit-oriented development and great transit-oriented development? The answer is laid out in the new Center for Transit-Oriented Development (CTOD) report, "Connecting the West Corridor Communities: An Implementation Strategy for TOD along the Denver Region’s West Corridor."
