CTOD Releases Report Examining Opportunities And Challenges Involved In Promoting TOD
May 29, 2013
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Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) has been embraced around the country as a means to achieve sustainability goals, including reduced auto dependency and traffic congestion, as well as improved economic competitiveness. However, the process of actually implementing TOD varies based on a variety of physical, economic, and market conditions.
Downtowns, Greenfields and Places In Between: Promoting Development Near Transit
May 29, 2013
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Introduction
Transit-oriented development (TOD) – typically defined as compact, mixed-use development within walking distance of a transit station – has emerged in recent years as a key strategy for fostering quality neighborhoods and reducing auto dependence. Despite the emphasis on TOD in many policy discussions, however, only limited information is available to help communities understand the likely development impacts of new transit investments. This report builds on a 2010 study by the Center for Transit-Oriented Development (CTOD), Rails to Real Estate: Development Patterns along Three Recently Constructed Rail Lines, to examine the opportunities and challenges involved in promoting TOD in different types of neighborhoods, and the strategies that may be appropriate to catalyze TOD depending on the neighborhood context. By examining development patterns and public investment strategies through the lens of “development context” or “neighborhood type,” this report…
Urbanism & Design: Citizen Placemakers, Misapplying Transect To Region, Tyson's Tallest Skyscraper, Parking Garage Rooftop Bars
May 8, 2013
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URBANISM & DESIGN
How to be a Citizen Placemaker
Project for Public Spaces
Imagine that you live in a truly vibrant place: the bustling neighborhood of every Placemaker's dreams. Picture the streets, the local square, the waterfront, the public market.
News: Shanghai BRT Plan, NY Grand Central Keeps Growning, Building Type & Density Debate, TOD Increases Home Values
January 16, 2013
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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.
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International: Cleaning Lady Steals, Crashes Train
NBC News
A cleaning lady allegedly stole a Swedish train and drove it off the end of the tracks and smashed into a house outside Stockholm on Tuesday...
Read On International: Shanghai Unveils BRT Plan China Daily
Shanghai will build its first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, a fast bus service with its own dedicated lanes, as part of the government's…
A cleaning lady allegedly stole a Swedish train and drove it off the end of the tracks and smashed into a house outside Stockholm on Tuesday...
Read On International: Shanghai Unveils BRT Plan China Daily
Shanghai will build its first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, a fast bus service with its own dedicated lanes, as part of the government's…
News: Tyson's Corner Buses, Underground At 150, Houston-Dallas HSR Study, DC Focus Jobs & Activity Centers, Guatamala's Private City For Elites
January 14, 2013
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National: Sen KBH Denies Transpo Secretary Rumors
CBS DFW
Former Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is dismissing a report that mentioned her as a potential Transportation Secretary during President Obama's second term...
Read On Virginia: Buses at the Center of Tyson's Plan Washington Post
With Metro's arrival in Tysons Corner less than a year away, mass transit is the talk of Northern Virginia planning and transportation experts. The…
Former Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is dismissing a report that mentioned her as a potential Transportation Secretary during President Obama's second term...
Read On Virginia: Buses at the Center of Tyson's Plan Washington Post
With Metro's arrival in Tysons Corner less than a year away, mass transit is the talk of Northern Virginia planning and transportation experts. The…
News: Drunken Driving Toll, Minneapolis Hypercongestion Research, Amtrak To Wichita Expansion, Tulsa Rapid Bus Plans, Memphis Switches To BRT
January 8, 2013
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National: Rate of Fatal Crashes Involving Intoxication
Dallas Morning News (via Walkable DFW)
Dallas' rate of fatal car accidents involving drunken driving is a whopping 41.4 percent. That ranks the city No. 5 of the nation's 25 most populous cities in fatal car accidents involving intoxication, according to data from UX Blog...
Read On Research: Hypercongestion in Downtown Minneapolis Journal of…
Dallas' rate of fatal car accidents involving drunken driving is a whopping 41.4 percent. That ranks the city No. 5 of the nation's 25 most populous cities in fatal car accidents involving intoxication, according to data from UX Blog...
Read On Research: Hypercongestion in Downtown Minneapolis Journal of…
News: St. Paul BRT Route, Social Media & Transit Agencies, London Underground At 150, Transit & Economic Efficiency, Boston Orange Line Opportunities
January 3, 2013
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Twin Cities: Snelling Ave to Get Rapid Bus Line
Pioneer Press
Metro Transit officials envision a new "rapid bus" route that would mostly travel along Snelling Avenue in St. Paul, starting at the 46th Street light-rail transit station in Minneapolis and ending at the Rosedale transit center...
Read On International: Red to Yellow, Angers Chinese Drivers Washington Post
Drivers in China are seeing red over a new crackdown on running through intersections…
Metro Transit officials envision a new "rapid bus" route that would mostly travel along Snelling Avenue in St. Paul, starting at the 46th Street light-rail transit station in Minneapolis and ending at the Rosedale transit center...
Read On International: Red to Yellow, Angers Chinese Drivers Washington Post
Drivers in China are seeing red over a new crackdown on running through intersections…
News: Fed Transpo Deadline, Sacramento LRT Extension, Noise & Urban Land Use, Obesity & Food & Activity, 2nd Tyson Tax Plan
June 19, 2012
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National: Streamlining is a Major Sticking Point
National Journal Transportation Experts
The writing is pretty much on the wall. Lawmakers may say they're holding out for a conference transportation bill, but, let's face it, June 30th is fast approaching with no sign of a coming compromise...
Read On Austin: Pflugerville Officials Say No to Rail Line Austin American Statesman
If the…
The writing is pretty much on the wall. Lawmakers may say they're holding out for a conference transportation bill, but, let's face it, June 30th is fast approaching with no sign of a coming compromise...
Read On Austin: Pflugerville Officials Say No to Rail Line Austin American Statesman
If the…
News: NYC Bike Share, Virtual Twin Cities LRT Tour, Tucson TOD, Privatizing Moscow Metro, Cincinnati Form Based Codes
May 7, 2012
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New York: 42 Bike Share Docks for Lower Manhattan
Transportation Nation
The New York City Department of Transportation continues to show community boards in Brooklyn and Manhattan where it's planning to install Bike Share stations in those boroughs...
Read On Minneapolis: Virtual Tour of SW LRT Twin Cities Finance and Commerce
The proposed Southwest Light Rail Transit…
The New York City Department of Transportation continues to show community boards in Brooklyn and Manhattan where it's planning to install Bike Share stations in those boroughs...
Read On Minneapolis: Virtual Tour of SW LRT Twin Cities Finance and Commerce
The proposed Southwest Light Rail Transit…
Blogosphere: Indiana Transpo Financing, Transit's Secret Language, Air Rights Development, Kaleidoscopic Cities
March 9, 2012
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Blogosphere: Another House Proposal Dies
DC Streetsblog
The original six-year House transportation bill had funding levels that were too low, so House leaders axed that and came up with a fairy tale bill in which oil drilling would pay for higher transportation spending levels...
Read On Blogosphere: Creative Transport Financing in Indiana The Urbanophile
I've been…
The original six-year House transportation bill had funding levels that were too low, so House leaders axed that and came up with a fairy tale bill in which oil drilling would pay for higher transportation spending levels...
Read On Blogosphere: Creative Transport Financing in Indiana The Urbanophile
I've been…
