Assessing the Walkability of the Workplace: A New Audit Tool
AbstractPurpose. Walking can be incorporated into most people’s daily routines if the process is made convenient by a well-designed built environment. Walkability rarely is assessed in the workplace,...
View ArticleWinnipeg Transit-Oriented Development Handbook
Introduction to TOD HandbookThe City of Winnipeg’s new planning framework – anchored by OurWinnipeg and the Complete Communities Direction Strategy – is founded on environmental, social and economical...
View ArticleWinnipeg TOD Typology Handbook
This 12 page handbook illustrates the TOD Typologies:Urban CentreUrban NeighbourhoodTown CentreNeighbourhood MediumNeighbourhood Low DensityHigh Frequency Transit CorridorIt also includes illustrations...
View ArticleGrowing Station Areas: The Variety and Potential of Transit Oriented...
Executive SummaryTransit oriented development has been a large part of Boston’s growth since the earliest horse-drawn railways. In fact, we live in a uniquely transit-oriented region, where 25% of...
View ArticleOrange Line Opportunity Corridor Report
Executive SummaryThe infrastructure needs of the Orange Line transit system are well-documented. But who lives and works in the corridor, and how is the current mix of land uses projected to change?...
View ArticleTransit-Oriented Development in the States
(Report website)IntroductionAcross the United States, in large cities such as Seattle and Miami and in smaller metropolitan areas such as Hartford, Conn., and Fort Collins, Colo., new transit systems...
View ArticleLivability Literature Review: A Synthesis Of Current Practice
Introduction and PurposeIn 2009, the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (U.S....
View ArticleInfrastructure Financing Options for Transit-Oriented Development
Report websiteExecutive SummaryMetropolitan areas form economic regions that benefit from passenger rail systems. Communities have learned that the benefits of public transport can be enhanced when...
View ArticleTransit-Oriented Development Typology Strategy for Allegheny County
Cities and regions from coast to coast are pursuing transit-oriented development (TOD) strategies as a way to achieve many goals, including increased economic competitiveness through improved quality...
View ArticleCreating Equitable, Healthy, And Sustainable Communities: Strategies for...
Report websiteExecutive SummaryCommunities across the country are integrating smart growth, environmental justice, and equitable development approaches to design and build healthy, sustainable, and...
View ArticleShared Parking in the Portland Metropolitan Area
Executive SummaryShared parking is when two or more land uses share the same parking spaces. By taking into account different peak parking demands, shared parking areas reduce the total number of...
View ArticleHousehold Attributes in a Transit-Oriented Development: Evidence from Taipei
IntroductionSuburbanization and planning unit development have encouraged dependence on private automobiles in North America since the 1930s. Neighborhood designs with large-scale blocks, sparse...
View ArticleTransitioning to TOD: A Transit-Oriented Development Plan For SEPTA's Wawa...
Executive SummaryThe Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) has produced several studies and station area plans that support transit-oriented development (TOD) in its nine-county region....
View Article4th And King Street Railyards, Final Summary Memo
Report websiteDear Interested 4th & King Railyards StakeholderThe Planning Department is pleased to send you the attached 41h/King Railyards Final Summary Memo. The overarching purposes of the...
View ArticleOlde Town Arvada TOD Request For Qualifications
(Report website)Executive SummaryThe future Olde Town Station (the Station), scheduled to open in 2016, will be located on RTD’s Gold Line, a fully-funded and under-construction electric commuter...
View ArticleHistories of Transit-Oriented Development: Perspectives on the Development of...
IntroductionPeter Calthorpe codified the concept of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) in the late 1980’s and, while others had promoted similar concepts and contributed to the design, TOD became a...
View ArticleRails To Recovery: The Role Of Passenger Rail Transportation In Post-Katrina...
Executive SummaryAround the country, rail projects are increasingly being planned and constructed to fulfill both important transportation and economic development goals. Recent research has shown the...
View ArticlePlace Matters For Health In Cook County: Ensuring Opportunities For Good...
Executive SummaryPlace matters for health in important ways. Research demonstrates that neighborhood conditions—the quality of public schools, housing conditions, access to medical care and healthy...
View ArticleTargeting Transit: Assessing Development Opportunities Around New Jersey’s...
Executive SummaryNew Jersey is in possession of a valuable resource: one of the most extensive public transportation systems in the country, an artifact of a transportation past that pre-dates the...
View ArticleEvolving Strategies for Asia – USA Containerized Supply Chains: Implications...
Report websiteAbstractThe nature and sophistication of Asia – USA containerized import supply chains has evolved dramatically over the past decade and continues to do so. Large nation-wide importers...
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