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Webinar: Achieving Equitable Economic Recovery: How can public transit bolster an equitable economic recovery?

Join Greater Greater Washington and the Young Professionals in Transportation for a moderated discussion about the opportunities to elevate public transportation as an essential component of economic recovery post the COVID-19 crisis...

EJB Presents: How COVID-19 is Affecting Public Transportation Around the U.S.

A diverse group of panelists in the transportation arena will discuss their agencies' response to COVID-19, on a range of topics including how the current global pandemic has, and may impact, service, ridership, farebox revenue, and potential future funding...

Webinar: Dynamic Streets, Curbs, and Sidewalks in COVID-19

This Eno Center for Transportation webinar will discuss how cities are taking action and how new digital tools can support more dynamic management of their streets, curbs, and sidewalks...

The Week in TOD News April 25-May 1, 2020

Post-pandemic planning, restoring faith in transit, "Distributed Density," promoting equity. NJ: adaptive reuse, alternatives for Turnpike revenues, Jersey City & Bayonne proposals. Also TOD in Illinois, Colorado, California, DC's early street car, green infrastructure & Link Light Rail expansion. Dehli's commuter rail & redevelopment in Ottawa...

NPC20 @ Home … The National Planning Conference Goes Online

The 2020 National Planning Conference has moved online. Starting Wednesday April 29, planners and other experts from around the country (and the world) will offer sessions on a host of timely and eternal topics related to transit-friendly planning...

The Week in TOD News April 18-24, 2020

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...

The Week in TOD News April 11–17, 2020

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!...

The Week in TOD News April 4-10, 2020

Redevelopment near Woodbridge Station, Virtual marketing in New Brunswick, NJ TRANSIT eligible for CARES Act funds. Transit & cities post-pandemic, White Plains project moves forward, Hawaiian TOD, MTA HQ sold, Using empty streets to advance construction, Dallas advances projects. Indian repurposes trains for medical use, European Year of Rail, Ensuring urban mobility for emergency preparedness...

Advancing Equitable Transit-Oriented Development through Community Partnerships and Public Sector Leadership

Report link: Advancing Equitable Transit-Oriented Development through Community Partnerships and Public Sector Leadership

This 2016 white paper, produced by MZ Strategies, LLC with funding from the Ford Foundation, showcases eTOD efforts in four regions — Denver, Los Angeles, Minneapolis–Saint Paul, and Seattle...

The Week in TOD News: March 28-April 3, 2020

TOD advances in Morristown, Red Bank, Jersey City & East Orange. Affordable housing ordinance in Asbury Park. Exploring density after COVID-19, Portage IN, accessory dwelling units in San Luis Obispo. How cities cope with coronavirus...

The Week in TOD News March 21-27, 2020

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...

The Week in TOD News March 14-20, 2020

Union Township redevelopment. Corona virus affects transit; TOD-supportive legislation in Maryland; Fighting gentrification in St. Paul; Legislation stalls in Indiana; Declining bus ridership. Jakarta MRT expands TOD role; Bangkok to double transit system...