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Recap: Cultivating Community, Commerce, and Transit Oriented Development: The 2024 NJTOD Symposium
The New Jersey TOD Symposium: Cultivating Community, Commerce, and Transit Oriented Development offered a day of collaboration and innovation focused on transit friendly planning and transit oriented development...
The Week in TOD News June 1-7, 2024
If NYC’s congestion pricing is out, what’s next? • Road diets for Newark • U.S. roads still dangerous by design • MARTA’s mini-city station makeover • The best climate activist is a good urban planner...
The Week in TOD News May 25-31, 2024
FTA awards $83M for disability upgrades to Brick Church Station ● Montclair approves Lackawanna Plaza Redevelopment Plan ● The hidden cost of “free parking” and housing in Colorado ● Chicago’s office conversion subsidies ● Toronto uses subway plan to take on housing crisis...
The Week in TOD News May 18-24, 2024
FTA announces $10.5M TOD Planning Grant Opportunity ● Planning Transit Friendly Pennsauken ● Austin approves eTOD density bonus incentives & guidelines ● Promoting housing through zoning reform ● Tokyo fish market ➡ mixed-use hub...
The Week in TOD News May 11-17, 2024
NJ’s office parks get makeover • NJ Senate advances expanded tax incentives for construction bill • Colorado enacts TOD law • Adaptively reusing parking structures • Kyrgyzstan seeks more transit, bike & ped infrastructure...
The Week in TOD News May 4-10, 2024
NJ bill would offer funds to ease housing crisis • Jersey City approves 800-unit Harborside 4 tower • SEPTA provides free rides to 25K low income residents • Upgrades aim to develop 30th Street neighborhood • South Korea’s tech hub implements 15-minute city model...
The Week in TOD News April 27-May 3, 2024
Advancing TOD in Red Bank ● NJDOT launches Municipal Aid Grant Application process ● States act to address housing storages ● Increasing job access with dedicated bus lanes ● Learning from Latin America...
The Week in TOD News April 20-26, 2024
NJ's push to build ADUs ● Redevelopment of former Bayonne catholic school ● Charlotte NC approves new affordable housing ● Building apartments without parking in LA ● Montreal plans 20,000 housing units & tramway in carbon-neutral district...
The Week in TOD News April 13-19, 2024
NJ to get share of congestion pricing funds ● New Brunswick approves Bell Labs project ● Nashville approves East Bank master developer agreement ● Office to housing incentives ● New rentals → free transit pilot...
The Week in TOD News April 6-12, 2024
NJ’s new affordable housing rules ● Perth Amboy launches $110M waterfront redevelopment ● Court tells wealthy town it’ll decide affordable housing location ● A way to make transit-oriented housing easier to develop ● Mixed-use is reshaping Kenya...
The Week in TOD News March 30-April 5, 2024
Transit planning to ensure disabled riders' needs ● Jersey City's 1,114-unit downtown project ● Tackling affordable housing crisis ● $17.6M in TOD Planning Grants ● Trudeau pledges $6B for housing density...
The Week in TOD News March 22-29, 2024
Vacant land near stations offers opportunities in Chicago ● Study finds Red Bank Station fit for redevelopment ● Clashing views on MBTA Communities Act ● Station Yards at Ronkonkoma ● Galway explores TOD...