Matt Ward: Engaging the Public on TOD
This week’s video features Matt Ward. Mr. Ward is Senior Planner for the City of Jersey City, New Jersey. Mr. Ward discusses the benefits and challenges of engaging the public on TOD.
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Author: Stephanie DiPetrillo
Linking People to Opportunity: FTA’s Role in Creating Complete Communities
Video link: Linking People to Opportunity: FTA’s Role in Creating Complete Communities
This video from 2017 discusses how transit-oriented development (TOD) can be used to increase access to opportunities via public transportation and how public transportation serves to create more complete communities.
The Week in TOD News July 13-19, 2019
Proposed pedestrian bridges in Camden and Bayonne, NJBIA salutes redevelopment, NJ TRANSIT approves FY2020 budget. TOD projects in Aurora, CO & Vancouver BC. Service improvements in Staten Island, Detroit-area & Chicago, and Manchester & Liverpool UK.
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Transformation Strategies Yield Results for Downtown Metuchen
Guest contributor, Isaac D. Kremer, Executive Director, Metuchen Downtown Alliance, discusses how Metuchen has harnessed the Main Street New Jersey (MSNJ) program and its transformation strategies to bolster transit-oriented development.
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The Week in TOD News June 8-14, 2019
Proposed NJ-NY Gateway commission, Eastbound Harrison PATH reopens, Building boom impacts PATH ridership, JC plans “uber-style” transit, NJ TRANSITGRID gets FTA grant. Also Omaha wants TOD & affordable housing, “Overcrowd” station planning game, 9-county Bay Area transit planning project, Orange County, CA preps for 1st modern streetcar, TOD key to Ottawa, and Berlin’s new app for public & private transport options.
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The Week in TOD News June 1-7, 2019
NJDEP seeks electric vehicle (EV) funding, Hoboken introduces e-scooter rules, NJ TRANSIT pilots tap-in payments, NJ Partnership to Plug-In initiative wants to create EV infrastructure. Also, Forest Hills Station Square reopened, Allegheny County, PA gets transit smartphone app, Harrison, NY project breaks ground, large TOD proposed for West Oakland, CA, and Singapore continues to advance its 2040 plan.
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How Woodbridge Transformed Polluted Land into an Arts and Transit Hub
Woodbridge is earning a reputation as a leader in redevelopment, ranging from mixed use housing to brand new manufacturing facilities. The Avenel Arts Village Redevelopment Project is one among the 50 redevelopment initiatives happening in the Township.
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The Week in TOD News April 6-12, 2019
NJ’s TOD happenings. Summit’s redevelopment proposal, Passaic to reclaim land of old freight line, Jersey City’s chain store limits under fire, and Berkeley Heights awarded SSTT grant. In other news. Baltimore Penn Station redevelopment agreement, eTOD in Los Angeles, Pittsburgh’s busways, mixed-use development in Phoenix, San Francisco’s Chase Center to limit parking, proposed hub at London’s Clapham Junction Station & “post-car” living in Barcelona.
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The Week in TOD News Jan 19-25, 2019
All the TOD news fit to share… NJ stories from Jersey City, Newark, and Plainfield, and other news from Kirkland WA, Los Angeles, Miami-Dade, North Carolina, Utah, Montreal and Bangkok.
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The Week in TOD News Dec 14-21 & Dec 22-28
Happy New Year! Two weeks of TOD news! Stories from NJ… redevelopment in Bridgewater, Garwood, Lincoln Park, Morristown, and Paterson. News from around the country and the world… Amazon HQ2, Chicago bus TOD, Framingham MA, Maryland’s Purple Line, Riverhead NY, London, Ontario and Kajang, Malaysia.
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