Evaluating the Impact of Transit-Oriented Development
April 13, 2011|Texas Department of Transportation
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Transit‐oriented development (TOD) is an increasingly popular urban form. Based on a survey of residents of TOD projects in areas served by Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Fort Worth T, and Capital Metro (Austin) rail transit, moving into TOD decreases VMT by an average of 15 percent, or about 3,500 miles per year, which impacts TxDOT motor fuel tax revenues. The data also indicate that these households shift their choice of route to include more arterial roads versus highways. Differential behavior is observed among the three areas studied with the greatest impact being on the DART system and the Capital Metro system showing smaller
changes in TOD resident travel behaviors. Residents of TOD choose their housing based mostly on commuting distance and lifestyle characteristics, such as proximity to dining and entertainment venues. Proximity to a transit rail station is at least moderately important for 57 percent of respondents. The report recommends that TxDOT look to incorporate…
changes in TOD resident travel behaviors. Residents of TOD choose their housing based mostly on commuting distance and lifestyle characteristics, such as proximity to dining and entertainment venues. Proximity to a transit rail station is at least moderately important for 57 percent of respondents. The report recommends that TxDOT look to incorporate…
Assessment of the Potential Fiscal Impacts of Existing and Proposed TOD in the DART Service Area
January 1, 2007|DART, Center for Economic Development and Research University of North Texas
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The research reported here offers a new assessment of the fiscal impacts of transit oriented development associated with development of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit light rail system. The analysis considers development near existing and planned light rail stations. Our findings support the conclusion that the transit-oriented developments associated with DART Rail stations offer substantial fiscal impacts for local taxing entities.
The Estimated Value of New Investment Adjacent to DART LRT Stations: 1999-2005
September 23, 2005|Dallas Area Rapid Transit
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As the DART system has expanded in recent years, developers and planners have paid increasing attention to “transit-oriented development” (TOD) in order to capitalize on access to this high-speed urban transit alternative. Evidence to date suggests that a significant amount of new and rehabilitated property development has, in fact, occurred in close proximity to DART LRT stations.
TODs, TIFs, Reurbanization and Renewal
March 23, 2005|The University of Texas School of Law
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In 1983, 14 member cities voted to create Dallas Area Rapid Transit. The starter light-rail line began service in 1996. In 2000, DART ridership totaled over 97 million trips. There are now 93 miles of light rail and 35 miles of commuter rail. 42 stations are now built or being planned. With DART's success came an increase in transit-oriented retail and residential development around light rail stations. People realized the convenience of living, working, and shopping in areas where a long car trip wasn't required to get a gallon of milk. By the end of 2001, private investment along the $860 million starter line had exceeded $922 million and is now well over $1 billion. Light rail has proved itself as a successful catalyst for transit oriented development and DART is actively working with developers to seek out TOD opportunities. Adjacency to transit amenities can boost property values by as much as 25 percent. How do these development opportunities translate to market reality?
TOD in the United States: The Experience with Light Rail
January 1, 2005|Parsons Brinkerhoff Planning and Transport Research Centre
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Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) has increasingly moved from a planning theory to built projects. Over 100 TODs and an additional 100 joint development projects currently exist in the United States. Over the past two decades an important trend has been occurring with TOD as a growing number of communities have married Light Rail Transit (LRT) and TOD as part of an integrated strategy to revitalize American cities. Along the way LRT has evolved to become both
a people moving and a community building strategy. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has come to recognize that link in elevating land use as an important consideration for New Starts recommendations. With the competition for federal funding at an all time high, land use can make a difference in which projects are recommended for federal funding. Yet transit adjacent, not transit-oriented development remains the norm in most communities.
a people moving and a community building strategy. The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has come to recognize that link in elevating land use as an important consideration for New Starts recommendations. With the competition for federal funding at an all time high, land use can make a difference in which projects are recommended for federal funding. Yet transit adjacent, not transit-oriented development remains the norm in most communities.
Technology Review Report, DART 2030 Transit System Plan
January 1, 2004|DART
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Previous DART System Plans have been very specific about the types of technology and alignments to be followed, focusing on implementation of major fixed guideway projects. The 2030 Transit System Plan focuses on service strategies and the range of transit vehicle technologies that could meet objectives of selected transit service strategies. Thus, emphasis is placed on applying appropriate transit vehicle performance characteristics to mobility needs with the ultimate technology decision determined during subsequent, more detailed studies and alternatives analysis.
Spring Valley and Main Street Station Area Plans
January 1, 2003|City of Richardson, Texas
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Station area plans for two DART stations in the City of Richardson
The Returning City: Historic Preservation and Transit in the Age of Civic Revival
January 1, 2003|FTA, National Trust for Historic Preservation
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The study that resulted in this book was initiated in September 2001 to examine how decisions about public transportation, land development and redevelopment, and historic preservation have complemented one another in dozens of communities nationwide. The goal of the study was to demonstrate how transit and historic preservation act as compatible forces to revitalize communities. We set out to illuminate the many ways in which communities of all sizes have restored their urban or suburban cores and made full use of those centers’ capacities to help metropolitan areas grow sustainably. We wanted to find out how historic preservation values are informing community planning for public transit, and how these values are being used in development decisions intended to promote transit use.
Statewide Transit-Oriented Development Study: Factors for Success in California
January 1, 2002|California Department of Transportation
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Provides a state-of-the-practice review of TOD and outlines strategies to encourage broader implementation
This is Light Rail Transit
January 1, 2001|Transportation Research Circular E-C033
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As its surname indicates, Light Rail Transit (LRT) is a transit mode. Its middle name reflects that fact that it runs on rails. Why is it called “light”? That depends on who and where you ask. In Britain the term “light railway” is applied to any rail mode that is scaled down from the common size of mainline railroads. In previous years, even some of the lines that operated short freight trains pulled by diminutive steam locomotives were classified as light railways. It was not until the 1970s that the term “light rail transit” came into use in the United States. There was no formal definition of LRT at that time, but it was generally understood to mean an urban rail transit form that was leaner and less costly thanother rail modes.
