Los Angeles Equity Atlas
With a $40 billion voter-approved transit investment being deployed over the next 20 years, the Los Angeles County transit system expansion will add 102 miles of rail transit and almost 100 new...
View ArticleTransit-Oriented Development Typology Strategy for Allegheny County
Cities and regions from coast to coast are pursuing transit-oriented development (TOD) strategies as a way to achieve many goals, including increased economic competitiveness through improved quality...
View ArticleMoving To Work In The Bay Area
Low-income workers face multiple barriers to advancementMoving to Work examines the critical role of transit - as well as development clustered around transit (TOD) - in linking low-income communities...
View ArticleA Station Area Typology of Economic Opportunity: A Guide to Better Connecting...
IntroductionMost of the emphasis to date on TOD has been around residential development – building compact, mixed-use, mixed-income housing near transit, with shops and services nearby and a variety of...
View ArticleEnhancing Economic Opportunity through Transit: Lessons Learned from Denver’s...
IntroductionThe Denver region is currently embarking on one of the most ambitious and extensive investments in new rail and bus service in the United States. In less than a decade, the $7.8 billion...
View Article4th And King Street Railyards, Final Summary Memo
Report websiteDear Interested 4th & King Railyards StakeholderThe Planning Department is pleased to send you the attached 41h/King Railyards Final Summary Memo. The overarching purposes of the...
View ArticleOlde Town Arvada TOD Request For Qualifications
(Report website)Executive SummaryThe future Olde Town Station (the Station), scheduled to open in 2016, will be located on RTD’s Gold Line, a fully-funded and under-construction electric commuter...
View ArticleInfrastructure Financing Options for Transit-Oriented Development
Report websiteExecutive SummaryMetropolitan areas form economic regions that benefit from passenger rail systems. Communities have learned that the benefits of public transport can be enhanced when...
View ArticleTransit-Oriented Development Typology Stratedgy for Allegheny County
Cities and regions from coast to coast are pursuing transit-oriented development (TOD) strategies as a way to achieve many goals, including increased economic competitiveness through improved quality...
View ArticleCreating Equitable, Healthy, And Sustainable Communities: Strategies for...
Report websiteExecutive SummaryCommunities across the country are integrating smart growth, environmental justice, and equitable development approaches to design and build healthy, sustainable, and...
View ArticleEncouraging Public Transportation Through Effective Land Use Actions
Introduction This document is a companion to Metro's Transportation Service Guidelines, which describes the conditions for establishing and evaluating new and existing transportation services, and the...
View ArticleAhwahnee Principles for Resource-Efficient Communities
The Ahwahnee Principles for Resource-Efficient Communities, written in 1991 by the Local Government Commission, paved the way for the Smart Growth movement and New Urbanism. These principles provide a...
View ArticleTransit-Supportive Land Use Planning Guidelines
This document contains a set of guidelines which show how all forms of urban development and redevelopment can be made more accessible by public transit. The guidelines are a distillation of...
View ArticleTransit Friendly Design Guide
The Transit Friendly Design Guide flows from the Calgary Transportation Plan 1995 and the Sustainable Suburbs Study. It has been developed with the help of community stakeholders to describe how...
View ArticleTransit-Oriented Development in San Diego County: Incrementally Implementing...
Abstract While transit-oriented development (TOD) has become an increasingly popular planning idea, very few studies have examined how localities plan for and implement transit-oriented projects. This...
View ArticleSeattle Station Area Planning: Summary of Developer Focus Groups
To help craft policies that will support transit-oriented development around light railstations, the City of Seattle’s consultant team conducted small group interviews over thecourse of a day with...
View ArticleMeasuring the Success of Transit-Oriented Development: Retail Market Dynamics...
Abstract Transit-oriented development (TOD) has become the dominant urban growth planning paradigm in the United States. Yet scant evidence has been proffered to indicate that it will produce...
View ArticleMixed Use Zoning & Streets Standards: Executive Summary of the Diagnosis of...
Colorado Springs retained Clarion Associates, teamed with Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership, LSA Associates, and ThermoRetec, to help the city implement the Comprehensive Plan’s vision of mixed-use...
View ArticleStatewide Transit-Oriented Development Study: Factors for Success in California
Provides a state-of-the-practice review of TOD and outlines strategies to encourage broader implementation
View ArticleHow to Make Transit-Oriented Development Work
Instead of branding anything that is built near transit a successful TOD, this report suggests that projects should be judged against specific desired outcomes
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