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Creating Walkable Places

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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

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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...

TOD Comes to the Texas Capital

Austin, TX and nearby Leander have approved construction of a new commuter rail link and have launched comprehensive plans for TOD...

Governor Rell Wants Connecticut to Pursue TOD

Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell recently took steps to promote “responsible” growth and transit-oriented development...

Pennsylvania Legislation Fosters TOD

TOD projects in municipalities outside Philadelphia and Pittsburgh are benefiting from Pennsylvania’s Transit Revitalization Investment District Act...

The Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor (MOTBY) Moves Forward

Bayonne’s Local Redevelopment Authority has given the go-ahead to the redevelopment of the Military Ocean Terminal Bayonne as a mixed-use development...