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Elizabeth Designated a New Jersey Transit Village

In February 2007, Elizabeth joined an elite group of New Jersey municipalities when it became the 18th designated Transit Village...

Burlington City is the State’s Latest Transit Village

In March 2007, New Jersey named its 19th Transit Village, Burlington City...

Maryland — Exploding with TOD Activity

The Maryland DOT has been committed to transit-oriented, joint and transit-adjacent developments, with many of TOD projects in process...

The New York Metropolitan Region Urged to Focus on TOD

In November 2006, the NYU Wagner Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management hosted a public forum on TOD in the New York metropolitan region...

Connecticut Companies Implement Employee Parking Reforms

Aetna, the health insurance company, is changing its parking policies in an effort to induce more of its downtown Hartford employees to ride transit...

West Windsor Names Planner for Redevelopment, Public Workshops Begin

The West Windsor Township Council hired Hillier Architecture to guide redevelopment planning for the area surrounding the Princeton Junction Station...

First Phase of Liberty Harbor, Jersey City, Now Under Construction

The long-awaited start of the award-winning Liberty Harbor TOD project in Jersey City has finally happened...

TOD Housing in a Slowing Market

To understand the current trends in the New Jersey and national housing markets, we spoke with representatives from several different disciplines...

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.
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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...