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May 2005 Volume 1, Number 1
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Recommended Reading
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Capturing the Demand for
Housing Near Transit (2004)
A Report by Reconnecting America and The Center
for Transit-Oriented Development
This report studies the demand for housing near
America's existing rapid transit systems and finds
that demand for such housing will likely double
(to 14.6 million households) by 2025. Whether
or not this potential demand for higher-density
transit-oriented living can be met depends on
the ability of the market to provide attractive
and affordable options and the public sector's
ability to accommodate and encourage such development.
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The
New Transit Town: Best Practices in Transit-Oriented
Development
(Island Press, 2004)
Edited by Hank Dittmar and Gloria Ohland
In this book, the demographic trends that favor
an increasing demand for TOD are outlined, as
are the key issues of design, supportive public
policy, and finance that often determine TOD's
fate. The later chapters provide critical case
studies that point out successes and failures
of the "first generation" of TOD while
suggesting the lessons that can be taken forward.
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Transit-Oriented
Development in the United States: Experiences, Challenges,
and Prospects (2004)
A Report by the Transit Cooperative Research Program
of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C.
This comprehensive analysis of TOD practice examines
its impacts, benefits, and barriers, as well as the
public policies, implementation tools, and financing
mechanisms that developers and public officials have
found to be most useful. The report also provides detailed
case studies of TOD in 10 parts of the country, from
New Jersey to San Francisco.
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Planning for Transit-Friendly Land Use: A Handbook
for New Jersey Communities (1994)
NJ
TRANSIT
This is still an invaluable tool even after 10
years in circulation! The Handbook is designed
to assist elected and appointed planning officials,
planning and zoning boards, technical staff and
the general community in creating an environment
around a transit stop that is a safe, clean, vibrant
and active place.
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Voorhees
Transportation Center's Transit-Oriented Development
Website
The TOD web site maintained by the Alan M. Voorhees
Transportation Center at Rutgers University contains
several articles on the resurgence of interest
in TOD planning in the United States. The web
site's main feature, an evaluation of New Jersey's
Transit Village Initiative, provides a literature
review of TOD, public opinion surveys, and a review
of factors that facilitate or obstruct TOD implementation.
Demographic and economic data for the program's
participating municipalities are also provided.
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