Report Link: Transit-Oriented Development: What Does the Research Tell Us?

A presentation made to a joint meeting of the Somerville, New Jersey council, planning board and zoning board of adjustment on the current research on TOD impacts and trends...

Report link: Complete Streets: Best Policy and Implementation Practices

The APA recently released a Planning Advisory Service report on complete streets titled Complete Streets: Best Policy and Implementation Practices...

Report link: America Needs Compete Streets

The authors provide an overview of complete streets, of what a complete streets policy should address, and the effects of its implementation...

Report link: Who is TOD in Metro Denver? Resident Survey Report

In 2009-2010 Denver Regional Council of Governments surveyed residents, employees, and businesses located near 35 rail-transit stations in the region...

Report link: An Evaluation of Property Values in New Jersey Transit Villages

Researchers analyzed the effect of the NJ Transit Village Initiative on property values in six municipalities that were designated by the program...

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...

Report link: Preserving Affordability and Access in Livable Communities

This report surveyed federally-subsidized affordable housing in 20 cities, including New York City and Philadelphia, and their proximity to transit...

Report Link: Eliminating Barriers to Transit-Oriented Development

This report looks at three conditions that could be barriers to transit-oriented development: impacts on schools; impacts to local auto traffic; and, impacts on local parking...

Report link: Briefing Report Number 3: Case Studies for Transit Oriented Development

This report offers a useful summary of some of the wide variety of land use and planning techniques that have been used to encourage TOD...

Report link: Revitalizing Main Street

A resource from the National Trust for Historic Preservation offers readers a detailed look at the many aspects of downtown growth and development...

Report link: Moving Cooler: An Analysis of Transportation Strategies for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Moving Cooler asserts that the US must encourage compact development, reduce driving and expand mass transit use in order to reduce GHG emissions...

Report link: Job Sprawl Revisited

A new analysis by the Brookings Institution sheds light on the decentralization of employment that took place in nearly all of the country’s 98 largest metropolitan areas between 1998 and 2006...