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The Week in TOD News August 1-7, 2020

August 10, 2020August 11, 2020 Stephanie DiPetrillo Bayonne NJ, housing, Newark NJ, redevelopment, Riverside NJ, safety, tuk-tuk

This week… riding transit may be safer than you think. Also transit-friendly development in NJ, California, New York, Ohio, Texas, and Ontario. Taiwan Railways seeks fiscal stability through TOD.

Announcements

Webinar: Missing Middle Housing: Thinking Big and Building Small to Respond to Today’s Housing Crisis (7/28)

July 23, 2020 Stephanie DiPetrillo affordabie housing, equity, housing, missing middle housing

Join the Maryland Department of Planning and the Smart Growth Network at 1 p.m. Eastern, Tuesday, July 28, when Parolek, author of the new book, Missing Middle Housing, illustrates how these housing types, when designed well, can be a powerful tool to create the communities that people both want and can afford.

TOD News Briefs

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 18-24, 2020

April 27, 2020April 28, 2020 Stephanie DiPetrillo affordable housing, auto-centric, Calgary CAN, Chicago Il, climate change, electric cars, environmental justice, Garfield Avenue Station, housing, Hudson Bergen Light Rail, inequity, Jersey City NJ, long-range planning, Madison WI, MLK Station, racial disparity, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, social distancing, Toronto CAN, Washington DC

COVID news: racial disparities, affordable housing, public transit, safe guarding operators & passengers, serving those in need. NJ: electrifying transport, reopening HBLR stations. Regional/National: fighting NIMBY, climate change, TOD projects, more affordable housing, congestion. International: new station & mixed-use and when zoning doesn’t match up with current needs.

TOD News Briefs

The Week in TOD News January 25-31, 2020

February 4, 2020February 5, 2020 Stephanie DiPetrillo Boise ID, crowdfunding, Hoboken NJ, housing, Jersey City NJ, Los Angeles CA, Middlesex County NJ, parking, Philippines, point-to-point bus routes, Redlands CA, right-sizing, Transit Village Initiative, Williamsburg VA

Advancing Hoboken Yard Redevelopment; Parking Taxes in Jersey City; NJDOT announces local aid grants; Funds for South Amboy Transit Village improvements. Housing costs, density, quality of life, California Measure G, redevelopment in Boise, crowdfunding affordable housing projects, resizing service vehicles. Point-to-point transit in the Philippines.

Practitioner Spotlight

Panelists Offer Up Guidance on Making TOD Real

January 17, 2020January 22, 2020 Stephanie DiPetrillo Development, events, housing, PILOT, success

A recap of our first TOD in Your Downtown Forum, Making TOD Real: Planning & Building Transit-Oriented Development in NJ, and link to the video.

TOD News Briefs

The Week in TOD News January 4-10, 2020

January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 Stephanie DiPetrillo affordable housing, Dubai UAE, electric vehicles, housing, Jakarta Indonesia, Limerick Ireland, Miami FL, Newark DE, NY Penn Station, parking, Seattle WA, transportation improvement districts, West Orange NJ

West 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.

How Residential and Commercial Property Values Rise in Transit Sheds

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 Stephanie DiPetrillo finance, housing

Resource Link: The Real Estate Mantra – Locate Near Public Transportation by the American Public Transportation Association

This study reveals that it is getting increasingly expensive to live near public transit. As more and more cities invest in mixed-use developments, house prices and rents within a half-mile of transit facilities are increasing at a faster rate than those in neighborhoods farther away.

TOD News Briefs

New and Newsworthy: March-April 2016

May 3, 2016October 3, 2018 Stephanie DiPetrillo Charlottle NC, density, housing, Montclair, Newark, office, Orange, Philadelphia PA, Population growth, Retail, Rutherford, Seattle WA, Somerville, Transit Village, Westfield, Workforce housing

The latest from Hackensack, Montclair, Newark, Orange, Rutherford, Somerville, Union, and Westfield. Plus news on embracing density in the suburbs, first floor retail, workforce housing, and the Schuylkill Yards project in Philadelphia.

TOD News Briefs

What We Are Reading: March-April 2015

May 11, 2015August 27, 2018 Stephanie DiPetrillo Bound Brook NJ, Cranford NJ, finance, housing, Hudson County, millennials, Montclair NJ, transit-oriented development, Woodbridge NJ

News from Bound Brook, Cranford, the Hudson waterfront, Montclair, and Woodbridge, as well as the relationship between housing and transportation costs.

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