The Week in TOD News March 4-10, 2023
Rethinking parking • Morristown’s M Station to get new tenant • Equitable transit-oriented research center • Salt Lake City redevelopment • Kinshasa Urban Train network
Read moreRethinking parking • Morristown’s M Station to get new tenant • Equitable transit-oriented research center • Salt Lake City redevelopment • Kinshasa Urban Train network
Read moreWork starts on Perth Amboy Station. Affordable TOD boom in Seattle. Philadelphia pilots “Serving a Vulnerable Entity” (SAVE) program. San Diego Mayor advocates for people over parking. How to better integrate scooters with public transit.
Read moreTransit agencies rethink priorities, bus-oriented development in Hackensack, veterans’ TOD in Jersey City, Chicago invests in affordable housing, and car-free (and parking-free) shopping
Read moreLocal projects such as those in Somerville and Hackensack, as well as renovations to Newark Penn Station and funding for the Portal North Bridge, top this week’s news. Also Hong Kong rolls out COVID-19 testing kits from vending machines.
Read moreOur weekly TOD news briefs. Staten Island proposes gondola to Bayonne, NJ congressmen fight NY congestion tax, housing at planned South Amboy ferry terminal, Belmar festival moves downtown, Hackensack streetscape grant. Chicago BRT, Denver land trusts, Atlanta air rights, Amazon’s big land purchase, WMATA offsets station closures with free parking, and Bengaluru, India supports more walking, biking and transit use.
Read moreNews, news, news… In NJ, redevelopment of The Record’s former headquarters, NJEDA Brownfield Loan Program, Parsippany mixed-use project & early reopening of the ACL & Princeton Dinky. Beyond NJ, Omaha’s BRT, affordable housing in Chicago, revamped zoning code in Charlotte, White Plains Station renovation, Herndon (VA) TOD, eTOD/land trust in Vancouver & increasing rail ridership in Hyderabad.
Read moreNJTOD news: Woodbridge advances 50 projects, Oradell-ites voice zoning concerns, 1st home to The Record to be apartments in Hackensack & Plainfield mayor upbeat on Opportunity Zones. Other TOD news: Arts-based development, Protesting Amazon HQ2 in Arlington VA, DC mayor pledges dedicated bus lane funds, Denver microunits, Atlanta autonomous shuttles, Gwinnett Co GA rejects MARTA, Chicago mega-development & Jakarta’s 1st subway line.
Read moreRedevelopment near three NJ rail stations (Dunellen, Fanwood, and Allendale), new bus connections in Hackensack, and new NJ TOD legislation. From around the nation, balancing historic preservation and development, affordable housing, and increasing density.
Read moreNJTOD news from Hoboken, Jersey City, Metuchen, Montclair, Newark, New Brunswick, Somerville, and Woodbridge, as well as from across the country and from Sweden—affordable housing, parking, gentrification, changing retail, and more.
Read moreNews on NJ Transit Villages, Jersey City redevelopment, reductions in driving, density as a tool to fight climate change & inequality, affordable housing in TOD, problems with too much parking, and the economic impacts of BRT.
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