Despite advantages in affordability and adaptability, implementation of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) has proved challenging. One strategy to advance BRT and development around BRT facilities is to pay greater attention to land use.
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Report link: Financing Transit-Oriented Development with Land Values
Financing Transit-Oriented Development with Land Values, land value capture (LVC) techniques for developing countries, with application for the US.
Report link: TOD 205: Families and Transit-Oriented Development: Creating Complete Communities for All
Families and Transit-Oriented Development presents strategies for creating TOD that supports family-friendly communities and high-quality education.
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: 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: 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.
Report link: Effects of TOD on Housing, Parking, and Travel
This new TCRP report attempts to clarify the relationship between livable communities and transit.
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.
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.
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.
