The Week in TOD News July 22-28, 2023
Tale of two transit systems • Bloomfield Station renovations • People want walkable cities • Tysons lurches towards livability • Kenya’s growing EV sector
Read moreTale of two transit systems • Bloomfield Station renovations • People want walkable cities • Tysons lurches towards livability • Kenya’s growing EV sector
Read moreTransit cuts linked to poverty ● Lackawanna Plaza redevelopment plan raises concerns ● Zoning reforms to address housing shortfalls ● Plans for West Hartford’s new transit district ● Dubai embraces public transport
Read moreReducing travel-induced GHG with electric vehicles and land use changes; riders returning to transit; reuse of nation’s oldest outlet mall; rezoning to advance TOD goals
Read moreCities and transit providers consider ways to achieve a new “post-pandemic” normal. Projects in Garfield, Elizabeth, Hoboken, and Harrison. Houston’s green future, Chicago Metra improvements, Open Streets for all, TOD in San Diego & San Jose, and Boise plans urban renewal district. Developer seeks new heights in Vancouver.
Read moreWest Orange redevelopment, NY Penn Station expansion, and electric vehicles. Denser housing, parking pushback in Chicago, redevelopment without parking in Miami, transportation improvement districts in Newark, Delaware, affordable housing in Seattle. Dubai, Jakarta, and Limerick, Ireland, all advancing TOD.
Read moreRedevelopment: Hoboken Yard, the RiverLINE corridor, near Newark NJPAC, and in Plainfield! Jersey City announces a new shuttle and Little Silver starts sidewalk project. LA Metro releases Women’s Travel study, Seattle system expansion, Denver TOD, activating parks, and electric cars and the environment. Paris’s Ecosystem Neighborhood, Rail in Dhaka, and airport TOD in Poland.
Read moreJersey City’s on-demand transit RFP, Plainfield’s affordable TOD, No. 7 extension thoughts, Asbury Park parking & Somerville’s Green Seam wins award. Beyond NJ, LA TOD program spurs affordable housing, NYC taps into transit, new Seattle station raises concern, Atlanta advances development, Singapore reveals transport plans & Copenhagen prioritizes cyclists.
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