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.
Development & Redevelopment
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.
Visualizing Density
Report link: Visualizing Density
This book demonstrate the tenets of good density—highlighting locations where density has developed organically or been handled well.
Communicating the Benefits of Transit-Oriented Development
Report link: Communicating the Benefits of TOD
This report examines two sub-regions that have capitalized on the benefits realized from transit-oriented “redevelopment” in New Jersey and Illinois.
Building Livable Communities with Transit: Planning, Developing, and Implementing Community-Sensitive Transit
Report link: Building Livable Communities with Transit
The FTA issued this manual to help local governments, transit agencies and planners address community concerns as they develop transit facilities.
Creating Walkable Places
Report link: Creating Walkable Places
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
Report link: Transit Village Symposium
These proceedings cover the Second Transit Village Initiative Symposium held by the Voorhees Transportation Center and held at Rutgers University.
Communicating the Benefits of TOD
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.
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Transit-Oriented Development: Developing a Strategy to Measure Success
Report link: Transit-Oriented Development: Developing a Strategy to Measure Success
This digest offers a strategy to systematically evaluate the potential success of transit-oriented development.
Recent Research Demonstrates Desire for TOD
Report links: Aging Americans, 2004 National Community Preference Survey, and Hidden in Plain Sight.
Three recent studies have demonstrated the desirability of transit-oriented development principles.