Chicago Il – Page 9 – The Transit Friendly Planning Newsletter

So much TOD news. In NJ, Harrison Yards opens near PATH, NJ Senate’s Main Street Assistance Program, NJ Future’s 2019 Smart Growth Awards, Hoboken’s alternative vehicle ordinance. In other news, NYC’s accessible sidewalks, Utah Transit Authority selects TOD sites, Atlanta Land Trust promotes housing affordability, Chicago RTA funds 9 projects, Pawtucket RI seeks eTOD housing, DDA’s fact-finding trip to Tokyo & Singapore, High Speed Two (UK) designs for now & future.

TOD News Briefs

March 28, 2019February 12, 2024

The Week in TOD News March 16-22, 2019

NJTOD news: Woodbridge advances 50 projects, Oradell-ites voice zoning concerns, 1st home to The Record to be apartments in Hackensack & Plainfield mayor upbeat on Opportunity Zones. Other TOD news: Arts-based development, Protesting Amazon HQ2 in Arlington VA, DC mayor pledges dedicated bus lane funds, Denver microunits, Atlanta autonomous shuttles, Gwinnett Co GA rejects MARTA, Chicago mega-development & Jakarta’s 1st subway line.

TOD News Briefs

February 12, 2019February 12, 2024

The Week in TOD News Feb 2-8, 2019

This week’s NJ TOD news: Performing Arts Center to open near Avenel Station, Raritan plans station area upgrades, Queen Latifah-backed project will have summer groundbreaking, and a Weehawken project now leasing. Also news from Chicago, Fullerton CA, Indianapolis, Malden MA, a TOD critique of the Green New Deal, a housing plan for Exeter, UK, and a TO Affordable Housing Study in Vancouver, BC.

TOD News Briefs

January 4, 2019February 12, 2024

The Week in TOD News Dec 14-21 & Dec 22-28

Happy New Year! Two weeks of TOD news! Stories from NJ… redevelopment in Bridgewater, Garwood, Lincoln Park, Morristown, and Paterson. News from around the country and the world… Amazon HQ2, Chicago bus TOD, Framingham MA, Maryland’s Purple Line, Riverhead NY, London, Ontario and Kajang, Malaysia.

TOD News Briefs

December 17, 2018

The Week in TOD News Dec 8-14, 2018

This week’s TOD news briefs… selling station air rights, possible Amtrak stop at Secaucus, redevelopment in Fanwood, Paterson, and Somerville. Beyond NJ… density’s role in fighting climate change, suburbanites want urban amenities, Chicago expands its TOD policy, and TOD in the Philippines.

TOD News Briefs

October 29, 2018February 12, 2024

The Week in TOD News Oct 20-26 2018

This week’s TOD news includes NJ stories from Matawan, Morristown, Newark, Red Bank and Trenton. News from Atlanta, Buffalo, Seattle, and on TOD planning for the Durham-Orange Light-Rail, and a story from Galway, Ireland.

TOD News Briefs

October 22, 2018February 12, 2024

The Week in TOD News Oct 13-19 2018

NJ TOD news from Hoboken, Jersey City, Newark, and Red Bank. From around the nation—a look the Minneapolis 2040 plan, community-based planning in Seattle’s U District, affordable TOD housing in Chicago, senior housing in Manhattan and San Francisco, and co-living in CA.

TOD News Briefs

June 29, 2018February 12, 2024

New and Newsworthy: June 2018

NJ News from Asbury Park, Orange, and West Windsor. Other stories on parking, gentrification, fair housing, and from around the nation and beyond.

Parking

April 26, 2007February 9, 2024

Paved Over: Surface Parking Lots or Opportunities for Tax-Generating, Sustainable Development?

Report link: Paved Over
This study of the Chicago area examines the potential development benefits through more intensive use of surface parking near transit.