Articles

Denver Links Affordable Housing with Transit

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in February recently granted $2 million in low interest loans to Enterprise Community Partners...

Battling Sprawl in Tysons Corner, Virginia

Tysons Corner, Virginia, has launched effort to retrofit its sprawling landscape into a more dense environment that could serve as a national model...

New TOD Resource: Metro New York TOD Newsletter to Launch

The Voorhees Transportation Center is pleased to announce the launch of a new e-publication, the TOD Line, the Metro New York TOD Newsletter...

Two New Jersey Cities Receive Regional Grants

Newark and Trenton in March received $20,000 each from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign to promote TOD near their bus and rail stations...

Former Hive of Industry, Harrison Redevelops with Transit

Located across the Passaic River from Newark, the town of Harrison’s past and future is intrinsically linked to its public transit accessibility...

Somerville Landfill Redevelopment Stalled by Recession; Downtown Somerville Awarded Improvement Loan

Redevelopment plans for the former landfill site near Somerville’s Raritan Valley Line station have been delayed, a victim of economic uncertainty...

Communities Advance Safe Streets to Transit Projects

The New Jersey Department of Transportation recently awarded its first Safe Streets to Transit grants to 15 communities...

The Case for Sustainability Through Transit-Oriented Development

Sustainability through TOD means reducing auto dependency, restoring transit infrastructure, and recycling urban land...

Transit-Oriented Housing – Shelter in a Storm?

Despite the ongoing housing slump (and the economic collapse), inner-ring towns with rail service to New York City have outpaced the overall market...

Transit Terminal Anchors Camden Redevelopment

The Walter Rand Transportation Center shows promise as an anchor of development in a city regarded as the poster child for the state’s urban woes...

Mixed-Use and Arts Come to East Orange

Among Orange's assets is the city’s two rail stations located one mile apart on the Morris & Essex Line, Brick Church and East Orange...

Mixed-Use Projects Continue in Rahway

Over the past several years, Rahway has undertaken an intensive effort to attract new residential and commercial development to its downtown...