Articles

The Week in TOD News August 5-11, 2023

How zoning led to our housing crisis • Trenton tops most unaffordable list • Affordable TOD in CA’s capital • Lagging downtown travel • Train vs. air in Europe...

The Week in TOD News July 29-August 4, 2023

Omaha debates parking • Suburban office vacancies post-Covid • Why is South Carolina still building roads through Black communities? • Regulations & building costs in Austin • Rail over air could result in carbon savings in Europe...

Purple Line: Equitable Transit-Oriented Development Strategy

Report link: Purple Line: Equitable Transit-Oriented Development Strategy

The Purple Line Equitable Transit-Oriented Development Strategy delves into equity considerations surrounding the construction of the Purple Line in Maryland...

The Week in TOD News June 17-23, 2023

NJ Senate passes parking reduction bill • NJEDA approves Trenton project • Adults skip healthcare for want of transportation • The American Transit Disaster • Poverty & public transport in São Paulo...

The Transit Friendly Data App

NJ TRANSIT & VTC present version 2.0 of the Transit Friendly Data App!...
LA Metro to partner on 10,000 homes (top-left); RAISE grants (middle-left); Perth, Australia’s top five TOD stations (bottom-left); Penn Station New York renovation moves into preliminary design (right)

The Week in TOD News June 24-30, 2023

Reconstruction of Penn Station NY • Perth Amboy designates areas in need of redevelopment • NJT gets e-bus grant • LA Metro to partner on 10,000 homes • RAISE grants announced • Perth’s – Australia! – top five TOD stations...

Transit Friendly Planning: A Guide for New Jersey Communities

Report link: Transit Friendly Planning: A Guide for New Jersey Communities

With a goal of supporting sustainable and affordable lifestyles through accessible mobility, NJ TRANSIT’s Transit Friendly Planning: A Guide for New Jersey Communities seeks to empower diverse stakeholders in making land use decisions that support and encourage transit use...

Recap: Retail and Redevelopment

Best practices for enhancing downtown areas in urban, suburban, and rural locations, as well as instances of new development, redevelopment, and existing properties...
Expanding Amtrak (top-left); Veterans’ TOD (bottom left); Will Baltimore get its Red Line? (right)

The Week in TOD News May 26-June 2, 2023

Will Baltimore get its Red Line? • North Brunswick Station • Veterans’ TOD • Expanding Amtrak • Canada’s New Infrastructure Plan...

The Opportunity of Low Emission Zones

Report link: The Opportunity of Low Emission Zones: A Taming Traffic Deep Dive Report

As urban policymakers strive to create healthier cities, they may tackle the challenge of pollution through the strategic use of Low Emission Zones (LEZs)...

Public Roads Student Writing Competition

Public Roads has announced its first Student Writing Competition, designed to encourage high school and college students interested in or actively pursuing STEM majors to demonstrate their knowledge by writing an article that relates to the transportation industry...
Designing cities for a hotter future (top-left); RIPTA seeks best value procurement (center-left); Xiong'an, China’s city of the future (bottom-left); New Brunswick’s HELIX Phase II plans (right)

The Week in TOD News May 20-26, 2023

Designing cities for a hotter future • New Brunswick’s HELIX Phase II plans • KCATA approves eTOD projects • RIPTA seeks best value procurement • Xiong'an, China’s city of the future...