Next Stop: New Jobs
From the opening of the report: New Jobs, Better Connections Chicago is northeastern Illinois’ historic center of commerce and employment, yet over the last half century, economic activity has...
View ArticleRestructuring the Commercial Strip
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Smart Growth Program commissioned this document to provide communities with guidance on how they can revitalize these commercial corridors to...
View ArticleNational Award For Smart Growth Achievement
Honorees represent the best in smart growth development in 2009
View ArticleTransit and Reducing Greenhouse Gases: A Look at the Numbers
A presentation for Rail~Volution 2008 on the topic of transit's role in reducing climate change.
View ArticleCharlotte Urban Street Design Guidelines
T he Urban Street Design Guidelines described in this document present a comprehensive approach to designing new and modifi ed streets within Charlotte’s designated Sphere of Influence. The Guidelines...
View ArticleCommunicating the Benefits of TOD: The City of Evanston's Transit-Oriented...
This is a tale of three cities—Jersey City and neighboring Hoboken in New Jersey, and Evanston, Illinois – that have experienced an enormous amount of development since the late 1980s, reversing three...
View ArticleSouth End Transit Station Area Plan (Final)
Plan for redevelopment of South End in Charlotte, North Carolina, which will include three light rail transit stations and six trolley stops
View ArticleUnderstanding Transit Ridership Demand for a Multi-Destination, Multimodal...
Executive Summary INTRODUCTION There is a growing body of evidence, including earlier Mineta Transportation Institute-sponsored research, showing that multi-destination transit systems are far more...
View ArticleChallenges and Policy Options for Creating and Preserving Affordable Housing...
Executive Summary This report examines specific, actionable non-statutory changes that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development—and partner agencies—could adopt to better facilitate and...
View ArticleLocal Government Climate and Energy Strategy Guides: Smart Growth
The Local Government Climate and Energy Strategy Guides provide a comprehensive, straightforward overview of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction strategies that local governments can employ....
View ArticleStrategic Package of Tools: Transit Oriented Development in Metropolitan Phoenix
This document summarizes a wide range of tools, both regulatory and non-regulatory, to help create and enhance vibrant, healthy communities that support the light-rail transit corridor. The TOD tools...
View ArticleAdvanced Network Planning for Bus Rapid Transit The “Quickway” Model as a...
Transit planning in the United States has tended toward viewing BRT as an analogue to light rail transit, with similar operating patterns. This model, referred to as “Light Rail Lite,” is compared to...
View ArticleThe Effect Of Housing Near Transit Stations On Vehicle Trip Rates And Transit...
In order to show the ridership benefits of TOD, we examined the best empirical information available for adjusting vehicle trip generation rates and estimating transit ridership. Fortunately, a fair...
View ArticleSustainable Transport Choices and the Retail Sector, Final Report
This report sets out the results for a study of Sustainable Transport Choices and the Retail Sector which was commissioned by the Commission for Integrated Transport. The aims of the research, which...
View ArticleCATS Systems Plan: Land Use Program & Station Types Report
The Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Planning Commission (CMPC) understand transit’s relationship to land use and have created transit station types as an urban design...
View ArticleDistrict of Columbia Streetcar Land Use Study, Phase One
Letter To Residents The District of Columbia is committed to bringing a streetcar system to the city to improve transit services available to residents and create walkable, vibrant communities. In the...
View ArticleBay Area Transit Oriented Development Demand Analysis
MTC is conducting a “TOD Study” to address the transit oriented development opportunities in the Bay Area. This report looks at demographic characteristics of transit users to estimate the households...
View ArticleAn Evaluation Of Property Values In New Jersey Transit Villages
The New Jersey Association of REALTORS® (NJAR®) Governmental Research Foundation (GRF) has released a report conducted by the Bloustein School's Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center revealing an...
View ArticleAddendum to "Funding Bus Rapid Transit in the US"
An analysis of funding tables for BRT in the United States. It is important to note the difficulty of obtaining exact figures for every funding contribution to a transit project, even completed...
View ArticleEasyConnect II: Integrating Transportation, Information, and Energy...
Smart growth policy strategies attempt to control increasing auto travel, congestion, and vehicle emissions by redirecting new development into communities with a high-intensity mix of shopping, jobs,...
View ArticleEssential Smart Growth Fixes for Urban and Suburban Zoning Codes
Tool includes 11 Essential Fixes to the most common barriers local governments face when they want to implement smart growth approaches. the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Development,...
View ArticlePortland Streetcar Economic Impacts – First Phase Carbon Footprint Benefits...
This memorandum outlines and illustrates a methodology for modeling prospective benefits of reduced carbon emissions associated with Portland Streetcar as a form of development oriented transit....
View ArticleHousing Prototypes: Multidwelling Zones, Portland Infill Design Guide Draft
The housing prototypes of this section are intended to serve as a problem-solving tool to help improve the design of medium-density infill housing projects, particularly in the R2 and R1 multidwelling...
View ArticleParking Cash Out: Implementing Commuter Benefits as One of the Nation's Best...
This document is one in a series of briefing papers designed to help employers implement commuter benefits to achieve the Best Workplaces for Commuters designation. The U.S. Environmental Protection...
View ArticleBicycling And Walking In The United States: 2012 Benchmarking Report
Executive Summary What isn't counted,doesn't count. Government officials working to promote bicycling and walking need data to evaluate their efforts. In order to improve something, there must be a...
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Housing + Transportation Affordability in Washington, DC
Introduction to H+T Significance of Transportation Costs and the Lack of Transparency Today, the real estate market knows how to incorporate the value of land into the price of the home—based on its...
View ArticleInside the Growth Machine: Real Estate Professionals on the Perceived...
The growth machine framework maintains that coalitions of elites work together to promote and adopt policies and practices that best serve their economic interests and propel cities toward growth....
View ArticleCreating Successful Transit- Oriented Districts in Los Angeles: A Citywide...
Report assesses opportunities to improve land use and transportation linkages in communities surrounding 70 existing and planned transit stations
View ArticleTraffic Generated by Mixed-Use Developments – A Six- Region Study Using...
The purpose of this study was to develop new methodology for more accurately predicting the traffic impacts of mixed-use developments
View ArticlePreserving Opportunities: Saving Affordable Homes Near Transit
Study examines federally assisted affordable housing located in close proximity to public transportation in 8 cities (2008) Preserving affordable housing near transit means more than simply saving a...
View ArticleFunding Bus Rapid Transit in the U.S.
The number of U.S. communities planning or studying bus rapid transit has increased significantly in the last few years. This is the result of recent BRT projects that have proven that BRT can work in...
View ArticleTransit-Oriented Development (TOD) Guidebook
This guidebook is intended to create a shared understanding of what Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) is and what its benefits are, in addition to identifying the key elements and factors for success....
View ArticleA Planner's Guide to Fixed Guideway Electrification Projects
This article sets out to highlight some of the major elements of fixed guideway and railroad electrification systems, and to point out what transportation planners should be aware of as they evaluate...
View ArticleThe Urban Future of Work
High unemployment rates and slow employment growth continue to threaten our economy. Once-successful sectors are in decline. Even the workplace itself is in transition. New technologies and ways of...
View ArticlePreserving and Promoting Diverse Transit-Oriented Neighborhoods
To answer these questions, this report attempts to understand who lives near transit today and who is expected to live there in 25 years. This report also tries to lend a sense of urgency to a dialogue...
View ArticleTransit-Oriented Development Policy, Adopted by BART Board: July 14, 2005
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) is the steward of a large-scale public investment, which includes important real property assets essential to BART’s operation. These assets...
View ArticleEvaluating Public Transportation Health Benefits
This report investigates ways that public transportation affects human health, and ways to incorporate these impacts into transport policy and planning decisions. This research indicates that public...
View ArticleBeyond the Tracks: The potential of high-speed rail to reshape California’s...
High-speed rail has the potential to offer Californians far more than the opportunity to travel quickly around the state. Throughout the world, high-speed rail systems have had profound and...
View ArticleHow to Ease Women’s Fear of Transportation Environments: Case Studies and...
This study examines the issue of women’s safety on transit
View ArticleThe Broader Connection Between Public Transportation, Energy Conservation,...
This study found a significant correlation between transit availability and reduced automobile travel, independent of transit use. This study began with the hypothesis that public transportation...
View ArticleTrackway Infrastructure Guidelines for Light Rail Circulator Systems
The intent of this document is to be supplementary to TRB TCRP Report 57, Track Design Handbook for Light Rail Transit, and it is therefore focused on the important differences between “line-haul”...
View ArticlePeople, Parking, and Cities
Compares job and parking densities and policies of Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco
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 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 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...
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Enhancing 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...
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A 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...
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Moving 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 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 ArticleLos 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...
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