Transit Oriented Development
Streetsblog LA
A.B. 710 Sails Through Committee, No Date Yet for Full Assembly Hearing
Earlier today, A.B. 710, the Infill Development and Sustainable Community Act of 2011, sailed through a hearing of the California State Assembly Committee on Housing and Community Development. If adopted, A.B. 710 would drop minimum parking requirements for infill development in "transit intensive areas" down to one car per residential unit or per 1,000 square feet of retail space. Infill development is any new project that is built on a currently unoccupied space.
April 27, 2011
Can Transit-Oriented Development Lift All Boats?
Streetsblog San Francisco reported earlier this week that the Metropolitan Transportation Commission has made a $10 million funding commitment to a mixed-use affordable housing project in the Tenderloin neighborhood, a convenient two-block walk from the nearest Muni stop:
March 25, 2011
The Secrets to Success for Transit-Oriented Development
“Transit alone is insufficient to make a real estate market,” said Dena Belzer, the president of Strategic Economics, an urban design consulting firm. Her group is a partner in the Center for Transit-Oriented Development (CTOD), which this week released a new report on the effects of transit expansion on real estate markets.
March 24, 2011
Transit-Oriented Development and Communities of Color: A Field Report
(This article first appeared in Progressive Planner, the official magazine of the Planner's Network and is reprinted with the author's permission. Gen Fujioka is the senior policy advocate with the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development. This article was written in collaboration with the Urban Communities of Color Caucus which seeks to advance practices that strengthen existing diverse neighborhoods. For further information contact: gen@nationalcapacd.org)
March 23, 2011
The Lorenzo Project in South L.A. Is Controversial, But Is it T.O.D.?
Last week, at a packed meeting of the City of Los Angeles Planning Commission, the Commission punted on a proposed $250-million residential development known as the Lorenzo. The developer, Geoffery Palmer of Palmer Construction, is known for his other Italian-themed apartment developments Medici, Visconti, Orsini and Piero.
January 20, 2011
BRU Celebrates Anniversary of Montgomery Bus Boycott with Concert, Rally and New Alliance
For part two of our interview, click here. Or, see all our video from the event at our YouTube page.
December 2, 2010
Avoiding the Unintended Consequences of Transit-Oriented Development
We see it over and over again in our cities. Migration out of central cities hollows out neighborhoods and leaves the people who remain struggling with the consequences of disinvestment. But when development returns to urban areas, the arrival of new residents can impose burdens on people who never left. Often, as amenities come into an area and crime goes down, property values rise and poorer residents can no longer afford to live there.
October 26, 2010
TOD Turnaround: Bike Wood Coming to Hollywood and TOD Standards Coming to Everywhere
A 3D Rendering of a Future Bike Room in the Hollywood and Vine Development
October 25, 2010
New Jersey Transit Village Program Continues to Grow
The holy grail for many urbanists contemplating long-term
development and growth trends is the transit village. Adding growth
adjacent to functional transit has the benefit of making it easier for
the new population there to drive less and use transit for a multitude
of trips. Likewise, transit villages can add to ridership on the
transit lines, no small matter for operators seeking to maintain a
consistent customer base.
July 15, 2010