Articles

Utilizing a Form-Based Planning Approach in Dover, New Jersey

Dover used a form-based code planning approach in its TOD-based planning effort in the area surrounding its train station...

Municipal Spotlight: Dover’s Revitalization Moves Forward using TOD

Dover has declared a desire to redevelop and attract more businesses and housing, including the use of the Blackwell Historic District.
...

Communicating the Benefits of Transit-Oriented Development

Report link: Communicating the Benefits of TOD

This report examines two sub-regions that have capitalized on the benefits realized from transit-oriented “redevelopment” in New Jersey and Illinois...

Building Livable Communities with Transit: Planning, Developing, and Implementing Community-Sensitive Transit

Report link: Building Livable Communities with Transit

The FTA issued this manual to help local governments, transit agencies and planners address community concerns as they develop transit facilities...

Creating Walkable Places

Report link: Creating Walkable Places

This new book explains how to create pedestrian-friendly, mixed-use developments including those with “transit-oriented cores.”...

Transit Village Symposium: “Progress and Future” Symposium Proceedings

Report link: Transit Village Symposium

These proceedings cover the Second Transit Village Initiative Symposium held by the Voorhees Transportation Center and held at Rutgers University...

Bound Brook Developer Named

Since Hurricane Floyd hit in 1999, Bound Brook has been using state and federal assistance to rebuild its downtown around a transit-oriented focus...

Morristown Transit Village: The Epstein’s Department Store Project Begins

The transformation of the Epstein’s Department Store to rental housing – a short walk to the station – began October 12 at a groundbreaking ceremony...

South Orange Performing Arts Center Opens

South Orange recently opened a major addition to its downtown — the South Orange Performing Arts Center...

Cranford’s Downtown Attracting Residents and Shoppers

Cranford, NJ will soon see a rise in its downtown residential population, a trend that its Downtown Management Corporation hopes will continue...

Boston Suburb Banking on Big TOD

The construction of a new rail station and the demolition of a General Motors distribution center will lead to a mixed-use TOD in Westwood, MA...

Los Angeles Makes TOD a Priority

Long viewed as the epitome of auto-centric suburban sprawl, Los Angeles is making a concerted effort to nurture TOD...