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TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT: A STRATEGY FOR MAKING TRANSIT WORK BETTER

Terry Parker

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Transit-oriented development (TOD) doesn't always mean housing development near a train station, according to a recent report which examined TOD projects in California. The essential ingredient of TOD is a center of activity with some or all of the following: attractions within 5- to 10-minute walks of a transit station; walkable and transit-friendly design; core commercial area near transit; public spaces and supportive retail uses such as ATMs, day care, dry cleaners; fewer requirements for parking and set backs; varying styles and densities of housing; and gradually less dense development toward the periphery. Caltrans has also commissioned a TOD Internet database of 25 TOD case studies in California. The article features the downtown Oakland, California TOD.

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Transit-oriented development (TOD) doesn't always mean housing development near a train station, according to a recent report which examined TOD projects in California. The essential ingredient of TOD is a center of activity with some or all of the following: attractions within 5- to 10-minute walks of a transit station; walkable and transit-friendly design; core commercial area near transit; public spaces and supportive retail uses such as ATMs, day care, dry cleaners; fewer requirements for parking and set backs; varying styles and densities of housing; and gradually less dense development toward the periphery. Caltrans has also commissioned a TOD Internet database of 25 TOD case studies in California. The article features the downtown Oakland, California TOD.

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Transit-oriented development (TOD) doesn't always mean housing development near a train station, according to a recent report which examined TOD projects in California. The essential ingredient of TOD is a center of activity with some or all of the following: attractions within 5- to 10-minute walks of a transit station; walkable and transit-friendly design; core commercial area near transit; public spaces and supportive retail uses such as ATMs, day care, dry cleaners; fewer requirements for parking and set backs; varying styles and densities of housing; and gradually less dense development toward the periphery. Caltrans has also commissioned a TOD Internet database of 25 TOD case studies in California. The article features the downtown Oakland, California TOD.

Key concepts: Downtown, Transit-oriented development, Transport engineering, Transit (satellite), Public transport, Work (physics), Business, Engineering

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