Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Transit Oriented Development Case Studies

Date Published: 04/27/2009

Author: Prepared for LISC by Reconnecting America, made possible by a grant from Living Cities

A short summary of the Transit Oriented Development (TOD) tools that are used by communities all across the country. Ten tools have been selected by the Center for Transit Oriented Development and Reconnecting America to represent the best and most relevant ideas for the Phoenix metropolitan areas in promoting TOD.

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Type: Case study / model practice

Case Studies for Transit-Oriented Development, a report prepared for Local Initiatives Support Corp. by Reconnecting America, is a short summary of the TOD tools that are used by communities all across the country.

Ten tools have been selected by the Center for Transit Oriented Development and Reconnecting America to represent the best and most relevant ideas for the Phoenix metropolitan areas in promoting TOD and ensuring that the investments made over last decade will spur additional development and support for this growing transit system.

The tools are:

  • Livable Communities
  • Station Area Planning
  • Community Effort
  • Right-Sizing Parking
  • Shared Parking
  • Aesthetic Zoning
  • Collaboration (Public Private Partnerships)
  • Joint Development
  • Land Assembly
  • Housing Trust Funds

The report is available online as a PDF document (23 page/1.0mb) at the resource link below.

Resource: http://www.lisc.org/content/publications/detail/8185