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...

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

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

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

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

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

In Bound Brook, the new mixed-use development Canal Crossing rises from the once-abandoned site of the GAF Corporation plant...

Report Link: Housing Diversity and Affordability in New Jersey’s Transit Villages

The author evaluates the affordable housing situation of transit-oriented development within municipalities participating in the New Jersey Transit Village Initiative...

Report Link: Communicating the Benefits of TOD

This report tells a story of three cities – Jersey City and Hoboken in New Jersey, and Evanston, Illinois – that have experienced a lot of development since the late 1980s, reversing decades of decline...

This issue of Transit-Friendly Development highlights several examples in which consensus building played a major role in successful TOD initiatives...

It is vital to understand the needs and desires of those affected by the changes TOD brings, in order to build consensus among all involved parties...

Eminent domain–the taking of private property for public use and a tool often used in TOD–has become one of the most debated issues in planning...