Public Markets: Anchors for Neighborhood Economic Development
SummaryPublic Markets are key elements to urban revitalization. The number of markets in the U.S. has increased from roughly 1,500 markets in 1994 to over 3,500 in 2004. Markets can improve districts...
View ArticleTCRP Synthesis 99: Uses Of Social Media In Public Transportation
SummarySocial media provide transit agencies with an unparalleled opportunity to connect with their customers. These connections may take many forms, but they all can help agencies personalize what can...
View ArticleFilling the Financing Gap for Equitable Transit-Oriented Development: Lessons...
Foreword During the past two decades, transit-oriented development (TOD) has emerged as a powerful tool for creating liveable communities near good public transit through the development of dense...
View ArticleThe Tramway Revival In France
Currently, eighteen French urban areas have at least one tramway line and by 2014, nine more towns will have opened their first lines. In France, the organisation of public transport is based on a...
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Enhancing Economic Opportunity through Transit: Lessons Learned from Denver’s...
IntroductionThe Denver region is currently embarking on one of the most ambitious and extensive investments in new rail and bus service in the United States. In less than a decade, the $7.8 billion...
View ArticleModern Streetcar Vehicle Guideline
SummaryModern light rail and streetcar vehicles are fundamentally very similar, the differences having largely to do with how they are applied. The primary difference between the two modes is the...
View ArticleTransit-Oriented Development in the Chicago Region: Efficient and Resilient...
Executive SummaryTransit-Oriented Development in the Chicago Region, 2000–2010Mixed-use centers anchored by public transit are essential to the triple bottom line, or the economic, environmental, and...
View ArticleDART Transit Oriented Development Policy
Section 1. PurposeDART is the steward of a significant public investment which includes important real property assets. These real property assets can also be used to leverage the viability of the...
View ArticleSound Transit TOD Program Strategic Plan
IntroductionStrategic Plan Overview & PurposeThis plan describes Sound Transit’s vision, goals and strategy for creating transit-oriented development (TOD) on and around its stations, transit...
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Downtowns, Greenfields and Places In Between: Promoting Development Near Transit
IntroductionTransit-oriented development (TOD) – typically defined as compact, mixed-use development within walking distance of a transit station – has emerged in recent years as a key strategy for...
View ArticleTransit-Oriented Development Toolkit for CT
(Original website)IntroductionWhat is Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)?Transit-oriented development at its simplest is development that’s built to take advantage of the ability of people to access it...
View ArticleA New Procedure for Scoring Rail Transit Connections to U.S. Airports
AbstractTwenty-five airports have a connection with the local rail transit system, but each is unique. Variables such as network size, train frequency, type of airport station, time, and cost vary by...
View ArticleSound Transit System Access Policy
System Access PolicySound Transit’s mission is to plan, build, and operate regional transit systems and services to improve mobility for central Puget Sound. Sound Transit is committed to wisely...
View ArticleTCRP Report 122: Understanding How to Motivate Communities to Support and...
SummaryProject GoalsProject B-32’s objectives were twofold. The first objective was to identify—through qualitative and quantitative research—the perceptions, values, and decision-making processes...
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TCRP Report 123: Understanding How Individuals Make Travel and Location...
SummaryThe purpose of this project (TCRP H-31) is to explore a broader social context for individual decision making related to residential location and travel behavior. Because residential location...
View ArticleTCRP Research Results Digest 103: Sustainable Public Transportation:...
IntroductionChina and India now represent one-third of the world’s population. In the past 20 years, both countries have experienced rapid economic growth and urbanization. The Chinese economy has...
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A Station Area Typology of Economic Opportunity: A Guide to Better Connecting...
IntroductionMost of the emphasis to date on TOD has been around residential development – building compact, mixed-use, mixed-income housing near transit, with shops and services nearby and a variety of...
View ArticleWest Cook County COD+TOD Report
Leveraging Transportation Assets to Foster Livable CommunitiesIn the Chicago region, as in most US metropolitan areas, the dispersal of businesses and residents from settled communities to greenfield...
View ArticleOpportunities and Challenges for TODs in Southern California
(ACCESS website)When the concept of transit-oriented development (TOD) first appeared in the 1980s, many planners and academics enthusiastically endorsed it as a way to increase transit ridership and...
View ArticleUnderstanding How the Built Environment Around TTA Stops Affects Ridership
(Source website)Executive SummaryThis study determines the characteristics of urban development that related to Triangle Transit Authority (TTA) bus ridership levels in the Triangle region of North...
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