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The Week in TOD News May 6-12, 2023

May 15, 2023May 16, 2023 Hiyabu Habtemichael affordable housing, congestion pricing, Dorchester MA, high-speed rail, India, Irvington NJ, Metuchen NJ, mixed-use multifamily, Nigeria, parking min, playground cities, post-pandemic, public transportation funding, Seattle WA, Sydney Australia, University of Washington, Vineyard UT, work from home

Congestion Pricing • Affordable housing in Irvington • Dropping parking minimums • Playground Cities • Sydney’s new Hunter Street Station

TOD News Briefs

The Week in TOD News September 17-23, 2022

September 26, 2022September 28, 2022 Tim Staub BRT, bus lane, bus lane enforcement, commute, East Link Extension, Equitable Mobility, EV, EV criticisms, fare free, free fare, Inflation Reduction Act, IRA, light rail, Metuchen Downtown Alliance, Metuchen NJ, New Brunswick NJ, New Jersey State Council, New York City, NJ TRANSIT, office TOD, parking fines, public art, San Diego CA, Seattle WA, Southern Maryland, TRANSITional Art Project, work week

CA drops parking requirements. RTO and transit ridership. New Brunswick Station gets art. Fares, technology & equitable transit. Philly’s bus lane enforcement initiative. Infill projects for the environment.

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The Week in TOD News February 12-18, 2022

February 21, 2022February 22, 2022 Stephanie DiPetrillo accessory dwelling units, Carteret NJ, driver shortage, Edison NJ, fair fare program NY, ferry, Governor Kathy Hochul, Indianapolis Public Transit Corporation, Indonesia, Los Angeles CA, Manhattan NY, Maryland, Maryland Regional Rail Transformation Act, Massachusetts, Metuchen NJ, MTA-LA, Paris France, Philippines, post-pandemic, Regional Housing Needs Assessment, ridership, Safe Streets to Transit, San Diego Metropolitan Transit System, SANDAG San Diego, service cuts, Summit NJ, The Growth Collective, Transit-Oriented Development Enhancement Act

Ongoing impacts of pandemic on transit ridership, and on car crashes. NJ Safe Streets to Transit grants. Changing the face of real estate development. Locals push back against NY gov’s TOD plans.

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The Week in TOD News September 18-24, 2021

September 27, 2021September 28, 2021 Stephanie DiPetrillo affordable housing, Albuquerque NM, Bound Brook NJ, bus rapid transit, Cleveland OH, COVID-19, Hartford CT, infrastructure, Metuchen NJ, New York NY, Newark NJ, parking minimums, pedestrian plaza, rural transportation, San Diego CA, social housing, transit equity, Vienna Austria, VMT, Winnipeg Canada, Zoning Reform

New guidebook when considering transit equity, planned TODs in Bound Brook and Newark, and a model for quality affordable housing from Vienna, Austria

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The Week in TOD News October 10-16, 2020

October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 Stephanie DiPetrillo affordable housing, Boston MA, BRT, Buenos Aires Argentina, changing travel patterns, Clifton NJ, essential workers, exclusionary zoning, funding public transportation, High Line, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam, long-term impacts, Metropolitan Council, Metuchen NJ, Montgomery County MD, Montreal QC, Newark NJ, NJTPA, passenger limits, post-pandemic, real-time data, Sacramento CA, Shenzhen China, work from home, zoning

The future of public transportation in a post-pandemic world still figures large in the week’s news, complicated by changing work and travel patterns, perceptions of safety, and issues of funding. Plus a look at how zoning practices affect the supply of affordable housing.

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The Week in TOD News March 21-27, 2020

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 Stephanie DiPetrillo active transportation, Adaptive reuse, Financing, first-mile last-mile, form-based code, Hoboken NJ, India, Metuchen NJ, Miami FL, opportunity zones, pandemic, Rahway NJ, rail trail, ridership, Somerville NJ, student housing

NJ TOD work continues with a property sale in Metuchen, construction in Somerville, a project completion in Rahway, and progress in Hoboken. Also meeting Opportunity Zones challenges, TOD student housing in Miami, a 19-mile multi-use trail in Denton, Texas, learning to understand and address pandemics, and form-based code in India.

Featured photo. MDA Downtown Loves Dads, June 15, 2019. Photo Credit: Lauren Beischer Photography https://www.downtownmetuchen.org/downtown-loves-dads-photos-june-15-2019/#jp-carousel-16582

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Transformation Strategies Yield Results for Downtown Metuchen

July 22, 2019July 22, 2019 Stephanie DiPetrillo guest article, Main Street, Metuchen NJ, Transformation Strategies, Transit Village

Guest contributor, Isaac D. Kremer, Executive Director, Metuchen Downtown Alliance, discusses how Metuchen has harnessed the Main Street New Jersey (MSNJ) program and its transformation strategies to bolster transit-oriented development.

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New & Newsworthy: September 2018

October 1, 2018October 1, 2018 Stephanie DiPetrillo affordable housing, BART, Bay Street Station, Buffalo NY, Charles Latini, gentrification, Grow New Jersey, Hackensack NJ, Hoboken NJ, Houston TX, Jersey City NJ, Los Angeles CA, Metuchen NJ, millennials, Montclair NJ, Nashville TN, New Brunswick NJ, Newark NJ, NJEDA, Orangetown NY, parking, Retail, Somerville NJ, Stockholm, Stony Brook NY, Tacoma WA, WMATA, Woodbridge NJ

NJTOD 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.

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

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What We Are Reading: September-October 2015

October 30, 2015August 27, 2018 Stephanie DiPetrillo Bayonne NJ, FTA, Hackensack NJ, Hudson Bergen Light Rail, Jersey City NJ, Metuchen NJ, multifamily housing, Newark NJ, No. 7 Subway, office, Panasonic, PILOT, Pittsburgh PA, Somerville NJ

The latest news on commuters to Panasonic in Newark, development in Bayonne, Camden, Hackensack, Jersey City, Metuchen, and Somerville as well as bus TOD in Pittsburgh, FTA planning projects, and much more.

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