Recommended Reading

Case Studies & GuidebooksDevelopment & RedevelopmentHousingRecommended Reading

Gentle Density and Missing Middle Housing in New Jersey

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NJ TRANSIT’s Transit Friendly Planning (TFP) program released Gentle Density and Missing Middle Housing in New Jersey: A Guide for New Jersey Communities in September 2024, providing municipalities with guidance on how to implement gentle density and expand missing middle housing.

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Equitable TOD

Transit-Oriented Displacement or Community Dividends? Understanding the Effects of Smarter Growth on Communities

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Tackling an under-researched connection between transit-oriented development (TOD) and displacement, Karen Chapple and Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris establish the case for greater consideration of how TOD projects affect vulnerable residents within their geographic pull.

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Case Studies & GuidebooksDevelopment & RedevelopmentFinancing & Economics

Guide to Joint Development for Public Transportation Agencies

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TCRP’s recently released report provides detailed guidelines and best practices on the real estate development process that occurs on transit agency property or through some other type of development transaction to which the transit agency is a party.

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Housing

(Overlooked) Association Between Express Bus Station / Stop Proximity and Multifamily Rents with a Surprise About Transit Mode Synergism and Implications for Transit and Land Use Planning

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Researchers examine the economic relationship between express bus stops and land value.

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