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Quotable Street Standards As Parking Policy
July 17, 2012
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Today's Quote of the Day from Jeff Wood's newsletter "The Other Side of the Tracks" comes from a Mineta Transportation Institute research paper:
Model Design Manual for Living Streets
October 11, 2011
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Los Angeles County's new Model Design Manual for Living Streets has been added to the best practices database in the Research Center.
Lee Einsweiler - Getting Urban Form Right Before Transit
June 21, 2011
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Not everywhere is going to have fixed guideway transit, and in the past we've discussed why it's important to think about frequency as an important part of planning for TOD. In this discussion from CNU 19 in Madison, Lee Einsweiler of Code Studio in Austin talks about how the urban form needs to be right before the transit goes in.
Bellevue’s Bel-Red Subarea Plan
February 1, 2011
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A copy of a presentation describing the Bellevue’s Bel-Red Subarea Plan has been added to the Best Practices. The Powerpoint slideshow given to the Puget Sound Regional Council Growth Management Policy Board a year ago outlines the plans for transforming the aging light industrial and commercial area that runs along the Bellevue-Redmond Road that connects downtown Bellevue and Overlake. The Bel-Red Plan seeks to transform this aging light industrial and commercial area into one of the region’s leading models for growth management and transit-oriented development. This corridor is of specific interest because of the use of TDR or Transfer of Development Rights to increase densities along the corridor.
A Tale Of Two Cities And TOD
November 20, 2009
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. This is a tale of two cities and transit-oriented development.
"When the Leander transit-oriented development was designed in 2005, the city created an award-winning TOD Smart Code to help guide development in the area. But nearly five years later, nothing has been built in the TOD, and some wonder if the code is as smart for landowners as city officials thought it would be."
That's the opening of an article in the Community Impact Newspaper in central Texas.
"The recession hasn't stopped San Francisco's city planners from thinking big.
"The Planning Department released an ambitious set of proposals Thursday to turn the blocks around the Transbay Terminal into a commercial and transportation centerpiece of the region over…
"When the Leander transit-oriented development was designed in 2005, the city created an award-winning TOD Smart Code to help guide development in the area. But nearly five years later, nothing has been built in the TOD, and some wonder if the code is as smart for landowners as city officials thought it would be."
That's the opening of an article in the Community Impact Newspaper in central Texas.
"The recession hasn't stopped San Francisco's city planners from thinking big.
"The Planning Department released an ambitious set of proposals Thursday to turn the blocks around the Transbay Terminal into a commercial and transportation centerpiece of the region over…
Quote of the Day for Nov. 9
November 9, 2009
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Contra Costa Times
"The market cannot by itself supply - under our current zoning regulations, under our current infrastructure, without help from the government - it cannot supply adequate affordable housing close to people's jobs,"
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Quote of the Day for Oct. 29
October 29, 2009
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New York Times
“He did not direct it in such a way that it benefited a more diverse set of populations in the city of New York, and more diverse income groups. It was basically developer-driven.”
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Essential Smart Growth Fixes For Zoning Codes
October 2, 2009
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Smart Growth Program has released a report detailing "essential fixes" for local governments who want to create smarter, more environmentally responsible, and sustainable communities.
