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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.

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The Week in TOD News April 11–17, 2020

April 20, 2020April 22, 2020 Stephanie DiPetrillo affordable housing, bus station, California, coronavirus lockdown lift, Freehold Borough NJ, Maryland, mixed use development, New York, NJ EDA, San Diego CA, social distancing, transit construction, transit infrastructure, Transit Village, transit-oriented development, transportation funding, Washington DC, Wuhan

This week we start off with COVID-19 related news. Changes in transit service, social distancing, impacts on housing, and what the future may hold. Also NJDOT Municipal Aid grant applications, NJEDA extends deadlines, Freehold considers TOD, and news from California, Florida, Maryland, and Montana!

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The Week in TOD News November 9-15, 2019

November 19, 2019November 21, 2019 Stephanie DiPetrillo Atlanta GA, bike and pedestrian infrastructure, Chicago Il, congestion pricing, electric vehicles charging stations, high-speed rail, infill development, Los Angeles CA, Montreal Canada, Plainfield NJ, rideshare congestion tax, transit network design, Vision Zero, Washington DC

Redevelopment, engagement & planning in Plainfield NJ, NJ electric vehicles charging stations, Jersey City redevelopment. Chicago rideshare congestion tax, congestion pricing, Los Angeles infill development, bike and pedestrian infrastructure, Washington DC’s Vision Zero Office, major transit expansion plans for Atlanta & Montreal. What’s driving demand for high-speed rail?

EDSA, Mandaluyong, Philippines by Eugenio Pastoral on Unsplash is in the public domain.

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The Week in TOD News October 5-11, 2019

October 15, 2019October 16, 2019 Stephanie DiPetrillo affordable housing, American Dream, CA, East Orange NJ, Hoboken NJ, India, Jakarta Indonesia, Lowcountry Rapid Transit, Phillippines, Raritan Borough NJ, RiverLINE, Russia, self-driving buses, Tuscon AZ, Walnut Creek, Washington DC

NJ TRANSIT solicits for River LINE TOD, American Dream transit options, testing self-driving buses, Hoboken Yard Redevelopment updates, streetscape improvements in Raritan & East Orange redevelopment. Mixed-use development in CA & AZ, affordable housing in DC, BRT in SC. New transit in St. Petersburg, RU & Delhi, IN, transit plans for the Philippines & Indonesia.

Hoboken Terminal, one of the public transportation options in Hoboken. Image by user King of Hearts, licensed by CC BY-SA 4.0

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The Week in TOD News July 20-26, 2019

July 29, 2019July 31, 2019 Stephanie DiPetrillo Bellevue WA, Caltrain, Citi Bike, contactless fare payment system, electric scooters, Gateway Development Commission, Hoboken NJ, Jersey Avenue Light Rail Redevelopment Plan, Jersey City NJ, land use code, Lyft, MARTA, McGinley Square, Monarch, NYC bus, NYC subway, Rochester MN, Rome IT, The Enclave, Toronto ON, Washington DC, zoning

Jersey City’s McGinley Square, Monarch settlement in Hoboken, Gateway Development Commission, High-rise near HBLR. Lyft adds NYC subway & bus directions, Bellevue, WA approves TOD zoning, Rochester, MN pilots Lime scooters, Caltrain to update service, MARTA advances housing, mixed-use development near two DC Metro stations, Toronto megaproject, Scots adopt contactless bus fares & Rome tests recycling for tickets system.

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The Week in TOD News May 11-17, 2019

May 22, 2019 noura Argentina, bikeshare, bus rapid transit, Cleveland OH, Connecticut, Dallas TX, Doha Qatar, Gateway funding, greenway, Maryland, Montclair NJ, NJ TRANSIT, placemaking, Princeton NJ, purple line, tolls, transit-oriented development, Trenton Artwalk, Trenton NJ, Washington DC, WMATA

Weekly TOD news briefs. In NJ, the Princeton Dinky and Atlantic City Line return, politics in Gateway funding, Trenton Artwalk receives sustainability grant, Montclair rents soar. In other news, WMATA seeks joint developer for Huntington site, placemaking efforts around MD transit, Dallas residents protest bikesharing & Buenos Aires gets an elevated viaduct on the Tigre Line.

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The Week in TOD News March 16-22, 2019

March 28, 2019 Stephanie DiPetrillo Amazon HQ2, Arlington VA, arts-based development, autonomous vehicles, Chicago Il, dedicated bus lanes, Denver CO, Gwinnett County GA, Hackensack NJ, Jakarta Indonesia, MARTA, microunits, opportunity zones, Oradell NJ, Plainfield NJ, Washington DC, Woodbridge NJ

NJTOD 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.

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The Week in TOD News Jan 26-Feb 1, 2019

February 5, 2019February 5, 2019 Eliot Benman affordable housing, Camden NJ, Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project, federal shutdown, Green New Deal, Newark NJ, Newton MA, Oslo, public art, Seattle WA, Washington DC

Public art and startup coworking space in Camden and Newark Penn Station leasing revenues. A Green New Deal, affordable housing in Seattle, the effect of the federal shutdown on transit, measuring growth near transit in DC metro area, and proposed shuttles to T stops on the Newton-Needham Line. Car-free downtown Oslo and the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor.

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The Week in TOD News Dec 29, 2018-Jan 4, 2019

January 9, 2019January 10, 2019 Stephanie DiPetrillo affordable housing, bicycling, Boston MA, East Orange NJ, first-mile last-mile, FTA Pilot Program for TOD Planning, Greenville County SC, Migration, Minneapolis MN, Newark NJ, Orange CT, PATH, San Jose CA, Washington DC

Our weekly look at TOD news. NJ stories from East Orange and Newark as well as those about the PATH and migration patterns. News from elsewhere includes bikes on the DC Metro, TOD development in Boston, Minneapolis, and San Jose, and Greenville SC gets an FTA TOD planning grant.