Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Transit-Oriented Development

Streetfilms: Take a Ride on the Seattle Streetcar

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 10, 2009 | 15 Comments

Seattle’s South Lake Union Streetcar is a 1.3-mile line that opened in December 2007, the first leg in the city’s commitment to new transit and light rail. It passed the half million passenger milestone in its first year, surpassing ridership projections. The streetcar features many top-of-the-line tech amenities, including real time arrival message boards, solar-powered […]

Sprawlsville Steps Back From the Edge

By Ben Fried | Dec 12, 2008 | 7 Comments

A section of Tysons Corner slated for infill development. Image: Fairfax County/PB PlaceMaking [PDF] Last week the Federal Transit Administration finally approved the Silver Line, a long-awaited addition to the capital region’s transit system that will extend to suburbs in northern Virginia. There are still a few hoops to jump through to secure the necessary […]

San Francisco Mayor to NYC: “Eat Your Heart Out.”

By Matthew Roth | Dec 11, 2008 | 25 Comments

A rendering of the Transbay Transit Center with a 5.4 acre park on its roof. At a groundbreaking ceremony for the long-awaited Transbay Transit Center in San Francisco yesterday, Mayor Gavin Newsom asserted the project will be "so much more extraordinary than Grand Central Station." Pointing to the renderings on a projection screen behind him, […]

Wiki Wednesday: Transit-Oriented Development

By Brad Aaron | Nov 19, 2008 | 3 Comments

Streetcar-served TOD in Dallas, TX If the United States is in fact on the verge of a transit renaissance, transit-oriented development will have to be part of the mix. In this week’s StreetsWiki entry, slinkp writes: Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) grew popular in the 1980s and 1990s as a response to suburban sprawl and a means […]

NGOs Work to Fill Transit-Oriented Development Void

By Brad Aaron | Sep 25, 2008 | 2 Comments

Today the Tri-State Transportation Campaign joined the One Region Funders’ Group* and The Fund for New Jersey in announcing a grant program to foster metro area transit-oriented development. The program intends to encourage transit oriented development, or mixed use development within a fourth to half mile of a train or bus station, by offering financial […]