funding – NJTOD

The Week in TOD News May 9-15, 2020

May 18, 2020May 21, 2020 Stephanie DiPetrillo affordable housing, BRT, CARES Act, density, equity, Financing, funding, GRTC, Honolulu HI, housing, Jakarta, Newark Downtown District, Newark NJ, post-pandemic, poverty, Pulse BRT, reopening, rezoning, Richmond VA, San Diego CA, Santa Rosa CA, SB 375, Stratford CT, streets for people

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.

TOD News Briefs

The Week in TOD News April 25-May 1, 2020

May 4, 2020May 5, 2020 Stephanie DiPetrillo Adaptive reuse, affordabie housing, Anaheim CA, Bayonne NJ, Broomfield CO, bus, campaigns, cars, Culver City CA, Dehli India, distributed density, equity, Evanston IL, funding, green infrastructure, HBLR, Jersey City NJ, Kent WA, light rail, NJ Turnpike, NY MTA, Ottawa Canada, Paris FR, post-crisis, transportation funding, Union City NJ, women in transportation

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.

TOD News Briefs

This Week in TOD News–the 2019-2020 Holiday Edition. December 21, 2019–January 3, 2020

January 7, 2020January 8, 2020 Stephanie DiPetrillo Atlanta GA, Bengaluru India, densification, funding, Gateway, Hartford Line, Jakarta Indonesia, Newark NJ, NJ Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, property values, Sayreville NJ, Secaucus Junction, South Salt Lake UT, Westbury NY

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.

Features National TOD News

Creating Public Spaces for Transit-Oriented Communities

August 12, 2018October 1, 2019 Stephanie DiPetrillo Community Planning Assistance Program, funding, incentive zoning, Metuchen NJ, Military Park, Newark, Newark NJ, placemaking, public engagement, public spaces, San Francisco CA, shared streets, Somerville NJ

This is Part 2 of our series on how public spaces contribute to transit-oriented community life. Here we will discuss