US EPA: Smart Location Mapping
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The EPA’s Smart Location Mapping is a valuable resource for assessing the linkage between land use/urban form and its effects on transportation.
Development & Redevelopment
Targeting Transit: Assessing Development Opportunities around New Jersey’s Transit Stations
Report link: Targeting Transit
In Targeting Transit, New Jersey Future’s director of research, Tim Evans, presents a tool that can be used to prioritize TOD investments.
Mixed-Income Transit-Oriented Development Action Guide
Report link: Mixed-Income Transit-Oriented Development Action Guide
The Mixed-Income Transit-Oriented Development Action Guide helps communities retain and increase lower income TOD housing.
Preserving Affordability and Access in Livable Communities
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This report surveyed federally-subsidized affordable housing in 20 cities, including New York City and Philadelphia, and their proximity to transit.
TOD 202: Station Area Planning: How to Make Great Transit-Oriented Places
Report link: TOD 202: Station Area Planning
This handbook is designed to promote best practices in transit-oriented development by simplifying the complex decisions involved in planning for TOD.
Land Development at Selected Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Stations
Researchers examine real estate development near the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail line, focusing on new residential construction at five stations in Bayonne, Jersey City, Hoboken, Weehawken and Union City.
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Bursting the Bubble: Determining Transit-Oriented Development’s Walkable Limits
Report link: Bursting the Bubble: Determining Transit-Oriented Development’s Walkable Limits
Canepa challenges the “half-mile circle” that currently defines the limit of TOD by examining new research that cites variability in this assumption.
Strengths and Weakness of Bus in Relation to Transit Oriented Development
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Currie offers an assessment of the strengths and weakness of bus transit-oriented development (BTOD) and discusses the issues confronting BTOD.
TOD 101: Why Transit-Oriented Development And Why Now?
Report link: TOD 101: Why Transit-Oriented Development And Why Now
This book highlights the benefits of TOD and how it can help maintain the economic vitality of communities.
Brownfields Resources
Report links: Getting Started with Brownfields, State and Local Non-Cash Tools and Strategies, and Local Brownfield Financing Tools.
Charles Bartsch and Barbara Wells recently offered several articles outlining ways to reclaim underutilized and contaminated properties.