Transit-Oriented Development

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ARTICLES

Sharon C. Adams, “No Jobs Near? Black Atlantans live disproportionately further away from employment clusters,” Atlanta Tribune, The Magazine, October 2006.
article-adams.pdf (8MB)

Scott Bernstein and Carrie Makarewicz, Rethinking Affordability: The Inherent Value of TOD, Chicago, IL: Center for Neighborhood Technology, August 1, 2005.
article-bernstein-makarewicz.pdf (560KB)

Federico Cura, “Transit Agencies Seeing Increased Interest in Transit-Oriented and Joint Development,” Passenger Transport, vol. 61, no. 33, August 18, 2003.
article-cura.pdf (1.5MB)

Jessica Dorn, Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, Los Angeles, CA: address to Rail-Volution conference, September 22, 2004.
article-dorn.pdf (80KB)

Eric Dumbaugh, “Overcoming Financial and Institutional Barriers to TOD: Lindbergh Station Case Study,” Journal of Public Transportation, Vol. 7, No. 3, 2004, pp. 43-68.
article-dumbaugh.pdf (1.4MB)

David Goll, “Oakland transit village bears sweet fruit.” East Bay Business Times, December 16, 2005.
article-goll.pdf (62KB)

Daniel Baldwin Hess and Peter A. Lombardi, "Policy Support for and Barriers to Transit-Oriented Development in the Inner City: Literature Review," Transportation Research Record, vol. 1887, 2005, pp. 26-32.
article-hess-lombardi.pdf (170KB)

Paola Iuspa, "Partnership with private developers could pave way for Metrorail's growth," Miami Today News, March 4, 2003.
article-isupa.pdf (67KB)

Amanda Kramer, “Transit-Oriented Developments,” On Common Ground, Winter 2008, pp. 26-31.
article-kramer.pdf (524KB)

Barbara J. Lipman, A Heavy Load: The Combined Housing and Transportation Burdens of Working Families, Washington, DC: Center for Housing Policy, October 2006.
article-lipman.pdf (4.4MB)

Local Initiatives Support Corporation, “Bethel Center: West Garfield Park, Chicago,” Chicago, IL: LISC Chicago, 2005.
article-lisc-chicago.pdf (117KB)

Local Initiatives Support Corporation, “Linking Community Development to Transit Oriented Development,” Growing Smart Neighborhoods: Information, Models and Trends for Community Developers, New York, NY: LISC, October 2001.
article-lisc.pdf (119KB)

Doug McPherson, “Demand drives transit housing: New developments near light-rail stations springing up in Denver, elsewhere,” The Denver Post, February 13, 2005.
article-mcpherson.pdf (88KB)

Sam Newberg, “Light Rail Comes to Minnesota: Commuters get set to greet the 12-mile Hiawatha Line,” Washington, D.C.: American Planning Association, May 2004.
article-newberg.pdf (64KB)

Judy Newman, "Transit Options: Supporting Communities during Tough Times," On Common Ground, winter 2011, pp. 22-27.
article-newman.pdf (1.1MB)

Stephanie Pollack, Barry Bluestone, and Chase Billingham, "Maintaining Diverisity in America's Tranist-Rich Neighborhoods: Tools for Equitable Neighborhood Change," New England Community Developments, Issue 1, 2010.
article-pollack-et-al.pdf (400KB)

Robert Puentes, "Creating Livable Communities: Housing and Transit Policy in the 21st Century", Congressional Testimony before U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, March 26, 2009.
article-puentes09.pdf (40KB)

Robert Puentes, Testimony before the House Committee on Government Reform. “Keeping Metro on Track: The Federal Government’s Role in Balancing Investment with Accountability at Washington’s Transit Agency.” Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, July 28, 2005.
article-puentes.pdf (33KB)

Timothy Roberts, “Can private enterprise save BART?,” Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, January 2, 2006.
article-roberts.pdf (65KB)

Zachary M. Schrag, “How Metro Shapes D.C.,” Washington Post, May 7, 2006, page B01.
article-schrag.pdf (80KB)

Jan Miles Schwartz, "Sheridan Station Designed as Transit Village for Broward County, Florida," Urban Land, September 2008, pp. 42-43.
article-schwartz.pdf (668KB)

Randy Shore, "Translink's $1.5B real estate empire: Authority to buy properties along rapid transit routes and form partnerships with developers," Vancouver Sun, March 19, 2008.
article-shore.pdf (150KB)

Eliza Strickland, “Ghost Town: What if they built the development of the future and no one came?,” East Bay Express, Jan. 4, 2006.
article-strickland.pdf (207KB)

Marilee Utter, “The Match Game: Bringing Together Affordable Housing and Transit Villages,” Multifamily Trends, Winter 2005.
article-utter.pdf (149KB)

Bill Valentine, Taking a Transit-First Look at New Commercial Development, San Francisco, CA: HOK Group, October 2003.
article-valentine.pdf (470KB)

BOOKS

Hank Dittmar and Gloria Ohland, editors, The New Transit Town: Best Practices in Transit-Oriented Development. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2004. Introduction only is available on line.
book-dittmar-intro.pdf (122KB)

David Goldberg, Choosing Our Community’s Future: A Citizen’s Guide to Getting the Most Out of New Development, Washington, DC: Smart Growth America, 2005. Introduction and first chapter only is available on line.
book-goldberg-intro.pdf (1.6MB)

PAPERS

G.B. Arrington, “Light Rail and the American City: State-of-the-Practice for Transit-Oriented Development,” Transportation Research Circular E-C058, based on proceedings of the 9th National Light Rail Transit Conference, Portland, Oregon, November 16-18, 2003, Washington, D.C.: Transportation Research Board, January 13, 2004, pp. 187-248.
paper-arrington.pdf (1.8MB)

Dena Belzer, Scott Bernstein, Cali Gorewitz, Carrie Makarewicz, Jennifer McGraw, Shelley Poticha, Abby Thorne-Lyman, and Mariia Zimmerman, Preserving and Promoting Diverse Transit-Oriented Neighborhoods, Chicago, IL; Oakland, CA; and Berkeley, CA: Center for Transit Oriented Development, a collaboration of the Center for Neighborhood Technology, Reconnecting America, and Strategic Economics, October 2006.
paper-belzer-et-al.pdf (372KB)

Dana Belzer, Robert Hickey, Wells Lawson, Shelley Poticha, and Jeff Wood, The Case for Mixed-Income Transit-Oriented Development in the Denver Region, Oakland, CA: Center for Transit-Oriented Development, February 2007.
paper-belzer-et-al07.pdf (1.6MB)

Scott Bernstein, Making the Case for Mixed-Income and Mixed-Use Communities, Chicago, IL and Atlanta, GA: Center for Neighborhood Technology for Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc., June 2004.
paper-bernstein04.pdf (6MB)

Scott Bernstein, Carrie Makarewicz, and Kevin McCarty, with Albert Benedict, Kara Heffernan and Anne Canby, Driven to Spend: Pumping Dollars out of Our Households and Communities, Chicago, IL and Washington, DC: Center for Neighborhood Technology and Surface Transportation Policy Project, June 2005.
paper-bernstein-et-al.pdf (272KB)

Evelyn Blumenberg and Margy Waller, The Long Journey to Work: A Federal Transportation Policy for Working Families, Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, July 2003.
paper-blumenberg-waller.pdf (640KB)

Ralph Buehler, John Pucher, and Uwe Kunert, Making Transportation Sustainable: Insights from Germany, Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program, April 2009.
paper-buehler-et-al.pdf (300KB)

Center for Transit-Oriented Development and Center for Neighborhood Technology, The Affordability Index: A New Tool for Measuring the True Affordability of a Housing Choice, Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution, Metropolitan Policy Program, January 2006.
paper-ctod-cnt.pdf (3.5MB)

Joe Cortright, Driven to the Brink: How the Gas Price Spike Popped the Housing Buble and Devalued the Suburbs, Boston, MA: CEOs for Cities, May 2008.
paper-cotright.pdf (1.5MB)

Kenneth J. Dueker and Martha J. Bianco, Effects of Light Rail Transit in Portland: Implications for Transit-Oriented Development Design Concepts, Discussion Paper 97-7, Portland, OR: Portland State University, Center for Urban Studies, July 1998.
paper-dueker-bianco.pdf (123KB)

Nadine Fogarty, Nancy Eaton, Dena Belzer, and Gloria Ohland, Capturing the Value of Transit, Oakland, CA: Center for Transit-Oriented Development, November 2008.
paper-fogarty-et-al.pdf (230KB)

Julie Goodwill and Sara J. Hendricks, Building Transit Oriented Development in Established Communities, Tampa, FL: Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida, October 2002.
paper-goodwill-hendricks.pdf (876KB)

Cali Gorewitz and Gloria Ohland, with Carrie Makarewicz, Albert Benedict, and ChaNell Marshall, Jan S. Wells and Martin Robins, Communicating the Benefits of TOD: The City of Evanston's Transit-Oriented Redevelopment and the Hudson Bergen Light Rail Transit System, prepared for the Development, Community and Environment Division of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Oakland, CA, Chicago, IL, and New Brunswick, NJ: Center for Transit-Oriented Development (Reconnecting America), Center for Neighborhood Technology, and Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, June 23, 2006.
paper-gorewitz-et-al.pdf (1.5MB)

Peter Haas, Gajus Miknaitis, Harley Cooper, Linda Young, and Albert Benedict, Transit Oriented Development and The Potential for VMT-related Greenhouse Gas Emissions Growth Reduction, Chicago, IL: Center for Transit-Oriented Development, March 2010.
paper-haas-et-al.pdf (5.2MB)

Brendon Hemily, Trends Affecting Public Transit’s Effectiveness: A Review and Proposed Actions, Washington, DC: American Public Transportation Association, November 2004.
paper-hemily.pdf (272KB)

Alex Iams and Pearl Kaplan, eds., Economic Development and Smart Growth, Washington, DC: International Economic Development Council, August 2006.
paper-iams-kaplan.pdf (3.2MB)

Robin Kniech and Melinda Pollack, Making Affordable Housing at Transit a Reality: Best Practices in Transit Agency Joint development, Denver, CO and Columbia, MD: Front Range Economic Strategy Center (FRESC) and Enterprise Community Partners, 2010.
paper-kniech-pollack.pdf (930KB)

Todd Litman, The Future Isn't What It Used To Be: Changing Trends And Their Implications For Transport Planning, Victoria, BC, Canada: Victoria Transport Policy Institute, April 26, 2006.
paper-litman.pdf (780KB)

Taylor McKinley, Tom Bethea, Next Stop: New Jobs, Chicago, IL: Center for Neighborhood Technology, 2011.
paper-mckinley-bethea.pdf (2.1MB)

John Niles and Dick Nelson, “Measuring the Success of Transit-Oriented Development: Retail Market Dynamics and Other Key Determinants,” Seattle, WA: American Institute of Certified Planners, National Planning Conference, 1999.
paper-niles-nelson.pdf (410KB)

Gloria Ohland, Transit-Oriented Development in Four Cities, paper presented to the Partnership for Regional Livability conference in Chicago, Illinois in August 2001, Las Vegas, NM: Great American Station Foundation, 2001.
paper-ohland.pdf (196KB)

Gloria Ohland, Value Transit: How to Get a Return on the Investment in Transit and TOD, February 2006.
paper-ohland06.pdf (40KB)

Myron Orfield and Baris Gumus-Dawes, MPO Reform: A National Agenda For Reforming Metropolitan Governance, Minneapolis, MN: Institute on Race and Poverty at the University of Minnesota, Sept 2009.
paper-orfield-gumus_dawns.pdf (315KB)

Stephanie Pollack with Kalima Rose and Dwayne S. Marsh, Building the Line to Equity: Six Steps for Achieving Equitable Transit Oriented Development in Massachusetts, An Action for Regional Equity Case Statement, Oakland, CA: PolicyLink, August 2006.
paper-pollack-et-al.pdf (123KB)

John L. Renne and Jan S. Wells, State of the Literature: Transit-Oriented Development—Assessing the Impacts of the New Jersey Transit Village Initiative, New Brunswick, NJ: Voorhees Transportation Policy Institute, Rutgers University, December 2002.
paper-renne-wells1.pdf (206KB)

John L. Renne and Jan S. Wells, Transit-Oriented Development: Developing a Strategy to Measure Success, National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Research Results Digest 294, Washington, DC: Transportation Research Board, February 2005.
paper-renne-wells2.pdf (561KB)

Victor Rubin, All Aboard! Making Equity and Inclusion Central to Federal Transportation Policy, Oakland, CA: PolicyLink, 2009.
paper-rubin.pdf (9MB)

Bernard L. Weinstein and Terry L. Clower, The Estimated Value of New Investment Adjacent to DART LRT Stations: 1999-2005. Denton, TX: University of North Texas Department of Economics, September 27, 2005.
paper-weinstein-clower.pdf (320KB)

S. Mark White, edited by James B. McDaniel, The Zoning and Real Estate Implications of Transit-Oriented Development, Legal Research Digest 12, Transit Cooperative Research Program, Washington, DC: Transportation Research Board, January 1999.
paper-white-mcdaniel.pdf (487KB)

David Wood and Allison Brooks, Fostering Equitable and Sustainable Transit-Oriented Development, Conveing on Transit-Oriented Development, February 24-25, 2009.
paper-wood-brooks.pdf (2.2MB)

Mariia Zimmerman, Annie Finkenbinder and Alia Anderson, Realizing the Potential for Sustainable and Equitable TOD: Recommendations to the Interagency Partnership on Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC: Reconnecting America, Nov 2009.
paper-zimmerman-et-al.pdf (475KB)

REPORTS

American Public Health Association, Background: The Hidden Health Costs of Transportation, Washington, DC: American Public Health Association, Mar 2010.
report-apha.pdf (1.4MB)

American Public Transportation Association, Washington, DC: Public Transportation: Benefits for the 21st Century, 2007.
report-apta.pdf (1MB)

G.B. Arrington and Robert Cervero, Effects of TOD on Housing, Parking, and Travel, Washington, DC: Transportation Research Board, 2008.
report-arrington-cervero.pdf (3.7MB)

Mary Kay Bailey, with L. Anderson, N. Bottigheimer, D. Somerset, A. Hopkins, G. Labonty, J. Parks, R. Rybeck, and M. Sims, The Role of State DOTs in Support of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), report to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), Cambridge, MA: Cambridge Systematics, Inc. with Meyer, Mohaddes Associates, April 2006.
report-bailey-et-al.pdf (376KB)

Judith Bell and Larry Cohen, The Transportation Prescription: Bold New Ideas for Healthy, Equitable Transportation Reform in America, Oakland, CA: PolicyLink and Prevention Institute, 2009.
report-bell-cohen.pdf (550KB)

Dena Belzer and Gerald Autler, Transit Oriented Development: Moving from Rhetoric to Reality. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, June 2002.
report-belzer.pdf (141KB)

Scott Bernstein, et.al., Creating and Capturing Value in Mass Transit: A Best Practices Workshop, Chicago, IL: Center for Neighborhood Technology, 2008.
report-bernstein-et-al08.pdf (930KB)

John Bronski et al., Statewide Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Study Factors for Success in California, Parking and TOD: Challenges and Opportunities (Special Report). Sacramento, CA: Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, California Department of Transportation, February 2002.
report-bronski-et-al.pdf (2.5MB)

Center for Neighborhood Technology, Paved Over Surface Parking Lots or Opportunities for Tax-Generating, Sustainable Development? Chicago, IL: CNT, November 2006.
report-cnt.pdf (3.2MB)

Center for Transit-Oriented Development, The Case for Mixed-Income Transit-Oriented Development in the Denver Region, Denver, CO: Enterprise Community Partners, 2007.
report-ctod07.pdf (1.2MB)

Center for Transit-Oriented Development, Fostering Equitable and Sustainable Transit-Oriented Development, Briefing Papers for a Convening on Transit-Oriented Development, February 24-25, 2009.
report-ctod-et-al09.pdf (2.1MB)

Center for Transit-Oriented Development (CTOD), Hidden in Plain Sight: Capturing the Demand for Housing near Transit, Washington, D.C.: Federal Transit Administration, September 2004.
report-ctod.pdf (2.2MB)

Robert Cervero et al., Transit-Oriented Development in the United States: Experiences, Challenges, and Prospects, Transportation Cooperative Research Program, Report 102, Washington, DC: Transportation Research Board, 2004.
report-cervero-et-al.pdf (11.4MB)

Robert Cervero, Christopher Ferrell, and Steven Murphy, Transit-Oriented Development and Joint Development in the United States: A Literature Review, Transportation Cooperative Research Program, Report 52, Washington, DC: Transportation Research Board, October 2002.
report-cervero-ferrell-murphy.pdf (3.5MB)

Stuart Cohen, with Andy Katz, Christopher Kost, and Christina Cherif, edited by Jennifer Olsen and Martin Illian, design by Seth Schneider, It Takes a Transit Village: How Better Planning Can Save the Bay Area Billions of Dollars and Ease the Housing Shortage, Oakland, CA: Transportation and Land Use Coalition, 2004.
report-cohen-et-al.pdf (300KB)

Dan Costello, with Robert Mendelsohn, Anne Canby, and Joseph Bender, edited by Lisa Schamess, The Returning City: Historic Preservation and Transit in the Age of Civic Renewal, Washington, D.C.: Federal Transit Administration and National Trust for Historic Preservation, September 2, 2003.
report-costello-part1.pdf (1MB) and report-costello-part2.pdf (1.1MB)

DC Office of Planning, Trans-Formation: Recreating Transit-Oriented Neighborhood Centers in Washington D.C. Washington D.C.: DC Office of Planning, September 2002.
report-dc.pdf (3.4KB)

Robert Dunphy, Deborah Myerson, and Michael Pawlukiewicz, Ten Principles for Successful Development Around Transit, Washington, DC: Urban Land Institute, 2003.
report-dunphy-et-al.pdf (4.6MB)

John E. Evans, IV and Richard H. Pratt, Transit Oriented Development: Traveler Response to Transportation System Changes, Washington, DC: Transportation Research Board, 2007.
report-pratt-et-al.pdf (2.6MB)

Ellen Greenberg, et al., Smart Mobility 2010: A Call to Action for the New Decade, Sacramento, CA and Washington, DC: California Department of Transportation, the US Department of Transportation, and the US Environmental Protection Agency, Feb 2010.
report-greenberg-et-al.pdf (15.5MB)

David Goldberg, Making the Case for Mixed-Income and Mixed-Use Communities, Chicago IL and Atlanta, GA: Center for Neighborhood Technology for Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc., August 2004.
report-goldberg.pdf (2.3MB)

Sarah Grady with Greg Leroy, Making the Connection: Transit-Oriented Development and Jobs, Washington, DC: Good Jobs First, March 2006.
report-grady-leroy.pdf (629KB)

Peter M. Haas, Carrie Makarewicz, Albert Benedict, Thomas W. Sanchez, and Casey J. Dawkins, Housing & Transportation Cost Trade-offs and Burdens of Working Households in 28 Metros, Chicago, IL and Blaksburg, VA: Center for Neighborhood Technology and Virginia Tech, July 2006.
report-haas-et-al.pdf (7MB)

Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung Hong, Evaluating Smart Growth: State and Local Policy Outcomes, Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2009.
report-ingram-hong.pdf (3.4MB)

Scott Lefaver, Public Land with Private Partnerships for Transit Based Development, San Jose, CA: Norman Y. Mineta International Institute for Surface Transportation Policy Studies, San Jose State University, May 1997 (reprinted 2001).
report-lefaver.pdf (85KB)

Hollie M. Lund, Robert Cervero, and Richard W. Willson, Travel Characteristics of Transit-Oriented Development in California, Sacramento, CA: Caltrans, January 2004.
report-lund-cervero-wilson.pdf (3MB)

John Niles and Lisa Callaghan Jerram, From Buses To BRT: Case Studies Of Incremental BRT Projects In North America, San José, CA: Mineta Transportation Institute, San José State University, Jun 2010.
report-niles-jerram.pdf (6.5MB)

Terry Parker, with Mike McKeever, GB Arrington, and Janet Smith-Heimer, edited by Daniel Mayer and Helen Childs, Statewide Transit-Oriented Development Study: Factors for Success in California, Sacramento, CA: California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), September 2002.
report-parker.pdf (5.5MB)

Leo Quigley, ed. Preserving Affordable Housing Near Transit: Case Studies from Atlanta, Denver, Seattle and Washington, D.C.," Columbia, MD and Washington, DC: Enterprise Community Partners, National Housing Trust, and Reconnecting America, 2010.
report-quigley.pdf (5.6MB)

L. Nicolas Ronderos, Robert Lane, and Jeff Zupan, South Bronx’s Hunt Point Station: An Urban Transit-Oriented Development Assessment, New York, NY: Regional Plan Association, July 2007.
report-ronderos-lane-zupan.pdf (4.3MB)

Victor Rubin, All Aboard! Making Equity and Inclusion Central to Federal Transportation Policy, Oakland, CA: PolicyLink, 2009.
report-rubin.pdf (9MB)

James S. Simpson and Steve C. Preston, Better Coordination of Transportation and Housing Programs to Promote Affordable Housing Near Transit, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2008.
report-simpson-preston.pdf (620KB)

Petra Todorovich, et al., High-Speed Rail: International Lessons for U.S. Policy Makers, Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2011.
report-todorovich-et-al.pdf (4.8MB)

Tri-Met, Community Building Sourcebook: Land use and transportation initiatives in Portland, Oregon, Portland, OR: Tri-Met, 1999, revised August 2005.
report-trimet.pdf (2.7MB)

Marilee A. Utter et al., Barriers and Incentives to Transit-Oriented Development
Prince George’s County, Prince William County, and the District of Columbia, Washington, DC: Urban Land Institute, July 22-24, 2003.
report-utter-et-al.pdf (130KB)

Richard Voith and Lee Huang, Transit-Oriented Development in Philadelphia: Using a proven strategy to create more vibrant, livable neighborhoods, report prepared for NieghborhoodsNow, Philadelphia, PA: Econsult Corporation, October 2007.
report-voith-huang.pdf (2.4MB)

Thomas R. Warne, P.E., 2010 and Beyond: A Vision of America’s Transportation Future. South, Jordan, UT: Tom Warne and Associates, LLC. Prepared for the National Cooperative Research Program, Transportation Research Board, National Resource Council, August 2004.
report-warne.pdf (1.2MB)

Sandy Zwick, Briefing Report Number 3: Case Studies for Transit Oriented Development, Oakland, CA: Reconnecting America, March 2009.
report-zwick.pdf (990KB)