The Home of New Jersey's Transit-Friendly Development Newsletter
Report link: Promoting Opportunity through Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (eTOD): Navigating Federal Transportation Policy
This report provides stakeholders involved in achieving eTOD, such as public entities, developers and practitioners, guidance on understanding and benefiting from federal transportation policies and programs.
COVID-19 impacts give rise to adaptation & experimentation, transit advocacy, slow service rollout, housing shortage & transportation equity concerns, and an examination of housing design. NJ TRANSIT to receive CARES Act funding. A look at the Newark Downtown District. Financial market tightening concerns, Fast housing in San Diego CA. New projects in Santa Rosa CA, Stratford CT & Honolulu HI. Rezoning along BRT in Richmond VA. MRT Jakarta seeks innovative product and service partners.
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Post-pandemic planning, restoring faith in transit, “Distributed Density,” promoting equity. NJ: adaptive reuse, alternatives for Turnpike revenues, Jersey City & Bayonne proposals. Also TOD in Illinois, Colorado, California, DC’s early street car, green infrastructure & Link Light Rail expansion. Dehli’s commuter rail & redevelopment in Ottawa.
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The end of the year saw stories about redevelopment in Sayreville, renovations at Newark’s Gateway Center, funding for affordable housing, a proposal for Secaucus Junction. Also a Texas property value study, TOD plans for Connecticut and Long Island, a Utah housing boom, construction plans for Atlanta, and transforming Bengaluru India & Jakarta Indonesia.
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This is Part 2 of our series on how public spaces contribute to transit-oriented community life. Here we will discuss
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