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The Week in TOD News November 12-18, 2022

November 21, 2022November 22, 2022 Tim Staub 15-minute city, Austin TX, bike lanes, Buffalo NY, CDC, Chicago Il, Citibike, covid, COVID-19, Dulles International Airport, Fairfax County VA, federal transit administration, FTA, Hoboken NJ, Hudson Bergen Light Rail, Hudson County, India, inequality, inequity, Intelligent Transportation Society of New Jersey, Jersey City NJ, light rail transit, LRT, Metro Rail, microtransit, mixed-income development, MRT, Nashville TN, NJ TRANSIT, Northern Branch, One Ayala, parking minimums, Philippines, physical activity, public transit, Red Line, Silver Line, South Red Line Extension, TIF, TIF Districts, TOD, transit desert, transit-oriented development, USDOT, Via, Vision Zero, Washington DC

FTA TOD pilot grants • Returning workers take transit • Hoboken-Jersey City Bike Lane • Tax-increment financing in Chicago • DC’s new train to the plane • Manila’s multimodal MRT-Ayala Station

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The Week in TOD News October 22-28, 2022

October 31, 2022November 1, 2022 Tim Staub 15-minute city, accessibility, Ambler PA, Boston MA, Bristol England, car crash fatalities, Colorado Department of Transportation, Côte-St-Luc QC, East Brunswick NJ, equitable access, Glassboro Camden Line, highway removal, Houston TX, mask mandate, Montgomery County MD, MTA, Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission, parking, reconnecting communities, restroom access, River Development Equities, smartphone, South Orange NJ, Vision Zero

Removing highways and breaking down barriers ● Rising infections but MTA has no plans for masks ● Glassboro-Camden Line takes next step ● Tech solutions without smartphones ● Montgomery County MD approves plans, promotes density & transit ● Montréal’s Côte-St-Luc embraces 15-minute city principles

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The Week in TOD News January 8-14, 2022

January 18, 2022February 15, 2023 Stephanie DiPetrillo 15-minute city, Adaptive reuse, Boston MA, Chicago Il, cycling network, Draper UT, Duluth MN, East Orange NJ, fare caps, Highland Park NJ, highway removal, homelessness, Jersey City NJ, Milan Italy, missing middle housing, Newark NJ, Smart Growth, social housing, stadium redevelopment

New plans for Newark Bears Stadium, South Amboy attracts commuters, MTA to cap fares, a vision Duluth’s I-35, and Milan’s planned bicycle network

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The Week in TOD News November 27-December 3, 2021

December 6, 2021December 7, 2021 Stephanie DiPetrillo 15-minute city, 1918 flu, accessibility, Bellevue WA, COVID-19, federal grants, Flemington NJ, Gateway Program, High Speed Two, housing affordability, inclusionary housing ordinance, Jersey City NJ, Manchester United Kingdom, Moscow Russia, Newark NJ, Plainfield NJ, San Francisco CA, transit equity

Learning from the 1918 pandemic, Gateway gets the green light, Transit promotes equity and accessibility, California’s zoning fight, and a “15-minute city” for Moscow.

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The Week in TOD News July 11-17, 2020

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020 Stephanie DiPetrillo 15-minute city, accessibility, affordable housing, Atlanta, C40 Urban Leaders, Columbus, coronavirus, COVID-19, energy efficient infrastructure, engagement, equitable solutions, equity, green infrastructure, Jakarta, LinkUS, Los Angeles, Metro Los Angeles, Minneapolis, mixed-use, MRT Jakarta, Ohio, pandemic, people of color, quality growth, redevelopment, regional planning, renewable energy investment, Salt Lake City, sustainable transportation, sustainable urban mobility, tax abatement, train station, transit hub, transit-oriented communities, transit-oriented development, transportation equity, Utah, walkability

The theme running through this week’s news is efforts to make cities and communities more livable for all of their residents. Ideas include the “15-minute city”, subsidizing taxi services for seniors and people with disability who have been affected by COVID-19 related transit service cuts, and reexamining urban redevelopment efforts.

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