The Week in TOD News December 9-15, 2023
Nokia Bell Labs plans to relocate to New Brunswick • Metropark plans advance • Salem Mass complies with MBTA Housing Law • $1B TOD in Carrollton Texas • Mixed progress at COP28
Read MoreNokia Bell Labs plans to relocate to New Brunswick • Metropark plans advance • Salem Mass complies with MBTA Housing Law • $1B TOD in Carrollton Texas • Mixed progress at COP28
Read MoreOutsized effect of car noise pollution on redlined neighborhoods • Jersey City to gain two residential towers on waterfront • Cambridge MA historic preservation & affordable housing • Carrots, not sticks, to promote housing • Best urban transport: Helsinki!
Read MoreNYC’s $15 congestion toll • NJ announces Safe Streets to Transit grants • Why isn’t Hawaii building the affordable housing it needs? • Plans for South Norwalk CT brownfield site • Rwanda works to address growing air quality threat
Read MoreMBTA’s bus garage update frees up ~7 acres for TOD • Hoboken strives toward Vision Zero • RI state agency proposes taxes and TIFs to support TOD housing • With record ridership, NC looks to expand rail • Mobility budgets & the future of transportation
Read MoreTransforming transit safety without more police • NJ TRANSIT plans bus purchase • Fare-capping may increase ridership • Clean energy transit tied to walkable neighborhoods and public transit • Safer public transport for women in Malaysia
Read MoreMixed-use plans for Metropark Station • Feds award $10B for NEC improvements • CA 1st in climate friendly transport investments • Shared micromobility makes great gains but faces financial and affordability challenges • Montpellier (France) rolls out free BusTram service
Read MoreNew CA law support social housing • NJDOT Complete Street Awards • The U.S. needs 3.9 million more housing units • Americans are walking less • Mumbai’s chawls
Read MoreWill Chicago adopt congestion pricing? • Advocates call seek solutions for NJ TRANSIT’s financial woes • Better bus access to Head Start Centers • Biden-Harris Administration supports office to residential conversions
Read MoreWhite House announces support for ADUs • Amtrak expands service to New Brunswick & Princeton Jct • St. Paul approves multifamily homes citywide • Cycling and bus transit in Kenya
Read MoreBoston goes green by repurposing buildings • Office to apartments in Trenton • Walkable neighborhoods lead to healthier lives for women • Raleigh approves BRT funding • South African provinces consider high-speed rail
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