Features – Page 5 – The Transit Friendly Planning Newsletter

Throughout the nation, for a large and growing part of the population living near transit is an important consideration when choosing where to live.

Q&A with Rahway’s Mayor James Kennedy

At the occasion of Mayor James Kennedy’s final term of office, we had the opportunity to ask him a few questions about Rahway’s TOD efforts.

Following is a sampling of programs designed to support TOD in New Jersey.

The City of Baltimore has taken a bold step toward making transit-oriented development a reality near its existing and future transit stations.

The Senate Banking Committee introduced legislation in August that, if passed, would spur better land use practices.

A pair of much needed new passenger rail tunnels underneath the Hudson River connecting New Jersey and New York City is becoming a reality.

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in February recently granted $2 million in low interest loans to Enterprise Community Partners.

Tysons Corner, Virginia, has launched effort to retrofit its sprawling landscape into a more dense environment that could serve as a national model.

Sustainability through TOD means reducing auto dependency, restoring transit infrastructure, and recycling urban land.