Letters to the editor are not exactly my preferred genre of writing (200 word limit!). But I figured the proposed #zoning and #landuse changes in #MadisonWI could use some public support in legacy local media. https://madison.com/opinion/letters/article_d29fa809-9490-4817-bba2-60df2cc79c2d.html
Since this is probably paywalled, the tl;dr: Allowing cottage courts and 4 units on any parcel near frequent transit is good. As is banning most drive-thrus, car washes, and dealerships in those areas.
Stadiums. Theme parks. Shiny objects - exciting! But let's not forget about our 15 Metro stations waiting to shine! It's time to invest where the future already thrives:: https://www.gchic.org/post/six-flags-closure
#TransitOrientedDevelopment #PrinceGeorges #GCHIC #SmartGrowth
Korea Land & Trust secures developer role for Namseong Station area redevelopment, planning 519 apartments and 54 officetel units in high-rise complex
#YonhapInfomax #KoreaLandTrust #NamseongStation #Redevelopment #TransitOrientedDevelopment #UrbanRenewal #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=55079
Bygget på västra sidan om Årstabergs station fortsätter nu med det närmare kvaretet till stationen. Ett höghus igen som del av kvarteret, enligt plandokumenten och visionsbilderna en klart annan fasad än den befintliga gråbeiga tråkklossen iaf.
#yimby #Söderort #Årstaberg #BoBygg #08bygg #TransitOrientedDevelopment
New #OpenAccess #research in JTLU: “How do subway stations encourage the vitality of urban consumption amenities in Shanghai: A perspective on agglomeration”
https://jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/2557
Authors Meixia Meng, Zihan Zeng, and Zhe Huo evaluate economic and social benefits of #subway stations, finding a positive relationship between proximity to a subway station and new investments in consumer-facing amenities, with a greater affect near stations with higher ridership.
The research includes policy implications for the spatial layout of subways and consumer amenities in large cities of developing countries.
As part of the Dubai 2040 Urban Master Plan, the emirate has launched several development projects aimed at improving infrastructure and advancing both urban and rural areas. Among the most notable initiatives is the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Plan, which focuses on optimizing land use around Dubai Metro stations and promoting sustainable transportation. #20MinuteCity #DubaiMetro #DubaiUrbanPlanning #TransitOrientedDevelopment
I Årstaberg reser sig de första väggarna i kvarteret närmast stationen, och första delen av tornkranen är på plats.
#Årstaberg #yimby #Söderort #BoBygg #08bygg #TransitOrientedDevelopment
Bygget av nya Årstaberg fortsätter. Nu dags att bygga tornkranen för det andra höghuset.
#yimby #TransitOrientedDevelopment #Årstaberg #Söderort #Höghus #08bygg #BoBygg
Then vs now.
At Årstaberg station (commuter rail & LRT ring line) just outside inner city Stockholm. Big redevelopment ongoing. Low rise light industry to high rise residential (fairly urban). Including eastern entrance going from stairs & ramp up to narrow shared use path, to a a plaza with nice ramp & stairs, wide pedestrian + cycling bridge across, and a big grocery store coming!
Other side getting somewhat redeveloped soon too.
Ten years ago today, the car-clogged, concrete sprawl of Tysons Corner became less distant from my walkable, leafy corner of Arlington when Metro finally opened the first phase of its Silver Line extension.
July 26, 2014 was a day long awaited. It had taken years of political maneuvering to get this project past obstruction and outright opposition from windshield-perspective politicians in Washington, Richmond and even Northern Virginia, followed by years of seeing the mostly-elevated segment inch through Tysons and beyond as construction delays pushed its planned opening from 2013 into 2014.
After all of that, boarding the first revenue-service westbound train on that Saturday–still one of the nerdier things I’ve done, which I realize is saying a lot–and then enjoying the view gliding above traffic felt like an epic win.
Knowing that I could take the train to the occasional work or social event in Tysons instead of taking my chances with traffic on I-66 and routes 7 or 123 represented an immediate upgrade to my NoVa logistics.
It took me a little longer to realize how having Metro get within seven miles of Dulles Airport would ease getting to and from IAD. And then I had to wait another eight years, vastly more than I would have imagined before the pandemic and even on our way out of it, to see the Silver Line reach Dulles itself.
I enjoyed that one-seat transit ride to Dulles yet again Thursday morning, which also gave me time to contemplate how that view from above Tysons has changed and how it hasn’t. While the McLean stop has undergone a remarkable level of urbanization that now features the tallest building in Northern Virginia, the Tysons station has seen less of a transformation–and the view to the south of Greensboro and Spring Hill has barely budged in that decade.
Meanwhile, walking outside the immediate vicinity of those stops can be as miserable as ever.
The scenery looked considerably better near the Wiehle-Reston East and Reston Town Center stations, where transit-oriented development has taken off without having so much of each neighborhood already chopped up by six- or eight-line roads.
My perspective on the Silver Line has also changed after seeing so many other transit megaprojects in the U.S. fly off their budgetary rails–for example, the Purple Line in Maryland, which has reached the tracks-on-the-ground stage of construction after billions of dollars in overruns and remains at least three years from opening. After all the angst over financing Metro’s farthest-reaching extension into the suburbs, we got this done at a per-mile cost cheaper than almost every other new transit project in the U.S. and even some overseas.
We should take a little pride in this public work… especially when talking to New Yorkers whose far more extensive subway system still doesn’t touch any of their airports.
https://robpegoraro.com/2024/07/26/happy-10th-birthday-silver-line/
#DullesMetro #IAD #Metro #MetroToDulles #SilverLine #transitOrientedDevelopment #TysonsCornerEl #WMATA
New #research in JTLU: “Integrated impact of urban mixed land use on TOD ridership: A multi-radius comparative analysis” by Xinyue GU and Siyan Lin of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Chengfang Wang of South China University of Technology.
https://jtlu.org/index.php/jtlu/article/view/2462
Given the focus of this document I should probably be grateful that the strong and growing #parkingreform movement and its relevance to affordable housing is entirely ignored. Same deal with #transitorienteddevelopment
I’ve been to #Tokyo 🇯🇵 several times and can confirm that it is far too easy to get lost inside #Shinjuku Station. If you are able to visit Tokyo, I definitely recommend trying to navigate the station for the bizarre experience and also to say that you’ve been to the busiest railway station in the world with over 3 million passengers daily.
#MassTransit #TransitOrientedDevelopment #NotJustBikes #Japan
Nu är det en vecka sedan officiella första spadtaget för det andra kvarteret vid Årstaberg togs.
Var jag kan se så har skyltning med Wallenstams namn & logga kommit på plats, men inte mycket mer än så.
Arbetet med nya GC-bron förbi stationstorget går framåt fint dock. Nu asfaltslager på bron.
#Årstaberg #Söderort #TransitOrientedDevelopment #08bygg #SthlmBygg #BoBygg #yimby #Årsta
Stamford is home to a number of aging and largely vacant office parks throughout the city. Converting these office parks to housing is an opportunity to tackle the issue of housing unaffordability, and earn more tax revenue. City officials acknowledge this, on paper. Yet time and time again, they reject such conversions on various grounds. This time, the conversion of the River Bend Center in Springdale could be rejected.
#StamfordCT #housing #transitorienteddevelopment
3/ I challenged them on this idea and they're pretty committed to it, but not because they're pro-car. They said that they just don't have enough private investment interest at this time to commit to building #TransitOrientedDevelopment and they can't build it on their own at this time. So, instead, they're going to put in all of the underground infrastructure to support future building development, and put down easily demolished ground-level parking in the meantime. #FuckCars
The #LightRailTransit 3 (#LRT3) line is expected to be up as early as March 2025, although it is not known which of the #stations will be completed by then
The project spans from #BandarUtama to #JohanSetia in #Klang, #Selangor
Transport Minister, Anthony Loke spoke about the importance of #transitoriented #development (#TOD) approach which liberalises #realestate & allows people to easily commute between multiple locations
The #RailwayAssetsCorporation (#RAC) is set to embark on extensive land development projects outside of Kuala Lumpur
The corporation has been actively issuing requests for proposals (#RFP) for #railway #land #development across multiple states
For example, in Johor, the #KempasCentral #transitoriented development (#TOD) is envisioned as the beating heart for commerce and communities in #JohorBahru's northern expanse
It's great to see our local transit agency getting into the housing business (seriously).
https://mybellinghamnow.com/news/297792-wta-planning-affordable-housing-project-in-lynden/
#Whatcom #WhatcomCounty #Lynden #BellinghamWA #Transit #Housing #TransitOrientedDevelopment #PNW
