Blogosphere: SG Great Unless Causing Bubbles
Grist
Did land-use regulation contribute to the housing bubble? The idea is no comfort to Smart Growth fans, but it's the conclusion of new research [PDF] from a pair of economists...
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(July 30, 2010)
National: Slow Moving Fanny and Freddie Overhaul
Washington Post
The Obama administration on Tuesday tiptoed closer to overhauling Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, announcing a conference next month to begin a public discussion on how to remake the nation's system for funding home loans...
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(July 30, 2010)
Twin Cities: LRT Could Boost West Bank Development
Minnesota Daily
As construction moves forward on the Central Corridor Light-Rail line, city and county officials are exploring how the track could boost development near the future West Bank station...
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(July 30, 2010)
Quote of the Day
WSBTV Atlanta
"As the new development came in, you weren't kind of leaving people who had been there forever in the dirt,"
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(July 28, 2010)
Blogosphere: More Space for Parking than Offices
Streetsblog NYC
Another city, another would-be transit-oriented development undermined by a glut of parking. This time it's Newton, Massachusetts, where plans are underway to build 420,000 square feet of office space, 60,000 square feet of retail, and 190 units of housing at the Riverside terminus of Boston's Green Line, the highest-ridership light rail line in the country...
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(July 27, 2010)
Santa Rosa: Cannery Developer Wants Senior Housing
Press Democrat
The developer of a transit-oriented project at Railroad Square wants to shift the location of affordable housing units in an attempt to jump-start a companion project. The John Stewart Co. is asking the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit agency for permission to move 68 senior housing units from the "transit village" on SMART's property to the adjacent Cannery project Stewart also owns...
(July 27, 2010)
Dallas: Krusee, Polikov Chosen for Value Capture Study
Dallas Morning News
The North Central Texas Council of Governments' executive board hired a four-person team that includes a retired lawmaker and a leading urban planner from North Texas to develop a plan to fund the Cotton Belt commuter rail line, a 62-mile corridor officials hope could be open to service by 2013...
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(July 27, 2010)
Blogosphere: Lake Street Station Plan
Joe Urban
I recently participated in the creation of a master plan vision for a prominent transit-oriented development site at the southwest quadrant of Lake Street and Hiawatha Avenue. The master plan vision/development concept is a collaboration with the Corcoran Neighborhood Organization, the BKV Group and a team of developers. I represented my firm, Joe Urban, Inc., in largely a market research role....
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(July 27, 2010)
National: "Livability" Taken Out of Senate Bill
Land Lines Magazine
The Senate Appropriations Committee has advanced a federal spending bill without including President Obama's request to create an "office of livability." The definition of a "livable community" has been scrutinized since the issue was first proposed last year...
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(July 23, 2010)
Maryland: Development Deal for Carrollton Metro
Washington Post
Metro's board of directors approved an agreement Thursday that will allow Maryland and the transit authority to develop 41 acres they own around the New Carrollton Metro station, a first step in transforming the area into an urban center...
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(July 23, 2010)
