Articles

After Flood Protections, Bound Brook is Reborn

Bound Brook is on the cusp of a major turnaround with new transit-oriented development, efforts to improve walkability, and increased focus on attracting new businesses and enhancing public spaces...

The Week in TOD News Nov 24-30, 2018

The weekly TOD news. NJ updates from East Orange, Ewing, and Morris Township. National news from California and Massachusetts, and an update on Ontario, Canada TOD efforts...

The Week in TOD News Nov 17-23, 2018

NJ TOD news from Camden, Jersey City, and along the Raritan Valley Line and from Maui, San José, southern California, and Utah as well as Toronto, Canada...

The Week in TOD News Nov 10-16, 2018

Our weekly look at TOD news. NJ stories from Cherry Hill, Hudson County, Journal Square (Jersey City), and South Amboy. National news from Islip NY, Arlington VA, and San Diego CA, and a look at mobility oriented development of stations in Australia...

The Week in TOD News Nov 3-9, 2018

TOD News Briefs ... ZEVs in Collingswood, multi-family housing in Harrison, and apartments and retail in Red Bank, plus news from Amazon, California, Decatur County GA, Hartford CT, and India...

The Week in TOD News Oct 27-Nov 2, 2018

Redevelopment near three NJ rail stations (Dunellen, Fanwood, and Allendale), new bus connections in Hackensack, and new NJ TOD legislation. From around the nation, balancing historic preservation and development, affordable housing, and increasing density...

Communities are Embracing Development near Transit

Report link: Communities are Embracing Development near Transit

A 2017 AARP report provides a snapshot of the policy and planning supports employed by state, regional, and local actors to support transit oriented development (TOD) from 2015 to 2016 and suggests that the number and variety of TOD programs and policies at all levels of government have grown significantly...

Measuring the Effectiveness of TDM: A Review of the Arlington County Residential Building Study

Report link: Arlington County Residential Building Study: Aggregate Analysis Update, May 2018

Our look at a recent report by Mobility Lab on the effectiveness of transportation demand management strategies on residential transportation behaviors in Arlington County, VA...

The Week in TOD News Oct 20-26 2018

This week's TOD news includes NJ stories from Matawan, Morristown, Newark, Red Bank and Trenton. News from Atlanta, Buffalo, Seattle, and on TOD planning for the Durham-Orange Light-Rail, and a story from Galway, Ireland...

Rutgers Regional Report: The ‘Burbs’ Bounce Back: ‘Trendlet’ or ‘Dead Cat Bounce’?

Report link: Rutgers Regional Report: The ‘Burbs’ Bounce Back: ‘Trendlet’ or ‘Dead Cat Bounce’?

A 2018 Rutgers Regional Report examines whether a recent increase in suburban population in the New York metropolitan region is an irregularity or a notable shift from a larger, post-2010 reurbanization trend...

The Week in TOD News Oct 13-19 2018

NJ TOD news from Hoboken, Jersey City, Newark, and Red Bank. From around the nation—a look the Minneapolis 2040 plan, community-based planning in Seattle’s U District, affordable TOD housing in Chicago, senior housing in Manhattan and San Francisco, and co-living in CA...

The Week in TOD News Oct 6-12 2018

Our weekly look at TOD news. NJ stories from Aberdeen, Morristown, and Plainfield, as well as about suburbia and access to food. National news from Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami-Dade County, and San Jose, and a TOD story from Bangkok...