Sustainable and Resilient Communities: A Comprehensive Action Plan for Towns, Cities, and Regions
April 5, 2011
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"Sustainable and Resilient Communities: A Comprehensive Action Plan for Towns, Cities, and Regions" is described as a step-by-step action plan guidebook for making communities resilient, resourceful, and healthy. The book by Stephen J. Coyle includes work contributed by Sam Zimbabwe, director of the Center for Transit-Oriented Development.
Street Smart
January 13, 2011|Edited by Gloria Ohland and Shelley Poticha
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The second edition of "Streetcars and Cities in the 21st Century," our popular award-winning book on how to plan, finance and build streetcar systems contains an update on the status of the U.S. streetcar movement and case studies of new streetcars in Seattle and Savannah. There's a foreword by U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio, chair of the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, and updated contact info for every streetcar project planned or underway in the U.S. This richly illustrated book is intended to promote a learning network among the cities and transit agencies that are interested in building new systems, with or without federal funding.
TOD 203: Transit Corridors and TOD
December 20, 2010
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The Center for Transit-Oriented Development today released "TOD 203: Transit Corridors and TOD," the latest in CTOD's ongoing series of best practices guidebooks.
- TOD 203: Transit Corridors and TOD (PDF, 5.2 MB)
- Press Release (PDF, 81 KB)
- TOD 101: Why TOD And Why Now? (PDF, 1.2 MB)
- TOD 201: Mixed-Income Housing Near Transit: Increasing Affordability With Location Efficiency (PDF, 2.4 MB)
- TOD 202: Station Area Planning: How To Make Great Transit-Oriented Places (PDF, 2.6 MB)
- TOD 202: Transit & Employment: Increasing Transit’s Share Of The Commute Trip (PDF, 2.8 MB)
Press Release: TOD 203: Transit Corridors and TOD
December 20, 2010
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The Center for Transit-Oriented Development today released "TOD 203: Transit Corridors and TOD," the latest in CTOD's ongoing series of best practices guidebooks.
- Press Release (PDF, 81 KB)
- TOD 203: Transit Corridors and TOD (PDF, 5.2 MB)
- TOD 101: Why TOD And Why Now? (PDF, 1.2 MB)
- TOD 201: Mixed-Income Housing Near Transit: Increasing Affordability With Location Efficiency (PDF, 2.4 MB)
- TOD 202: Station Area Planning: How To Make Great Transit-Oriented Places (PDF, 2.6 MB)
- TOD 202: Transit & Employment: Increasing Transit’s Share Of The Commute Trip (PDF, 2.8 MB)
TOD 203: Transit Corridors and TOD
December 20, 2010
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The Center for Transit-Oriented Development today released "TOD 203: Transit Corridors and TOD," the latest in CTOD's ongoing series of best practices guidebooks.
Performance-Based Transit-Oriented Development Typology Guidebook
December 15, 2010
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Today the Center for Transit-Oriented Development released its "Performance-Based Transit-Oriented Development Typology Guidebook,” a hands-on tool for identifying the different conditions that exist around transit stations and determining how that influences performance on a range of metrics.
- Performance-Based Transit-Oriented Development Typology Guidebook (full report) (PDF, 17 MB)
- Executive Summary: Performance Based TOD Guidebook (PDF, 1.4 MB)
- Table of Contents and Introduction (PDF, 156 KB)
- TOD Typology Methodology (PDF, 1.4 MB)
- Normative Metrics (PDF, 354 KB)
- Case Studies (PDF, 1.2 MB)
- Changing Transit Zone Performance (PDF, 680 KB)
- Possible Policy Implications and Uses (PDF, 127 KB)
- Detailed Case Studies (PDF, 6.8 MB)
- Appendix (PDF, 6.3 MB)
- Press Release (PDF, 239 KB)
Press Release: Performance-Based Transit-Oriented Development Typology Guidebook
December 15, 2010
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The Center for Transit-Oriented Development released its "Performance-Based Transit-Oriented Development Typology Guidebook,” a hands-on tool for identifying the different conditions that exist around transit stations and determining how that influences performance on a range of metrics.
- Press Release (PDF, 239 KB)
- Performance-Based Transit-Oriented Development Typology Guidebook (full report) (PDF, 17 MB)
- Executive Summary: Performance Based TOD Guidebook (PDF, 1.4 MB)
- Table of Contents and Introduction (PDF, 156 KB)
- TOD Typology Methodology (PDF, 1.4 MB)
- Normative Metrics (PDF, 354 KB)
- Case Studies (PDF, 1.2 MB)
- Changing Transit Zone Performance (PDF, 680 KB)
- Possible Policy Implications and Uses (PDF, 127 KB)
- Detailed Case Studies (PDF, 6.8 MB)
- Appendix (PDF, 6.3 MB)
Performance-Based Transit-Oriented Development Typology Guidebook
December 15, 2010
More News & Resources:
Today the Center for Transit-Oriented Development released its "Performance-Based Transit-Oriented Development Typology Guidebook,” a hands-on tool for identifying the different conditions that exist around transit stations and determining how that influences performance on a range of metrics.
- Performance-Based Transit-Oriented Development Typology Guidebook (full report) (PDF, 17 MB)
- Executive Summary: Performance Based TOD Guidebook (PDF, 1.4 MB)
- Table of Contents and Introduction (PDF, 156 KB)
- TOD Typology Methodology (PDF, 1.4 MB)
- Normative Metrics (PDF, 354 KB)
- Case Studies (PDF, 1.2 MB)
- Changing Transit Zone Performance (PDF, 680 KB)
- Possible Policy Implications and Uses (PDF, 127 KB)
- Detailed Case Studies (PDF, 6.8 MB)
- Appendix (PDF, 6.3 MB)
- Press Release (PDF, 239 KB)
CDFIs And Transit-Oriented Development
October 28, 2010
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In October 2010, the Center for Transit-Oriented Development published a report exploring the role community development finance institutions could play in promoting equitable transit-oriented development. This document is an initial effort to frame the context of TOD and equity, and to encourage a more robust discourse on the connection between the agendas of CDFIs and TOD.
CDFIs And Transit-Oriented Development
October 28, 2010
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In October 2010, the Center for Transit-Oriented Development published a report exploring the role community development finance institutions could play in promoting equitable transit-oriented development. This document is an initial effort to frame the context of TOD and equity, and to encourage a more robust discourse on the connection between the agendas of CDFIs and TOD.
