The New Transit Town: Best Practices In Transit-Oriented Development
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Rating | : | 4.32 (954 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1559631171 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2013-07-04 |
Language | : | English |
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It is a vital new source of information for anyone interested in urban and regional planning and development, including planners, developers, community groups, transit agency staff, and finance professionals.. New Urbanists and smart growth proponents have embraced the concept and interest in TOD is growing, both in the United States and around the world. It offers topic chapters that provide detailed discussion of key issues along with case studies that present an in-depth look at specific projects. New Transit Town brings together leading experts in planning, transportation, and sustainable design—including Scott Bernstein, Peter Calthorpe, Jim Daisa, Sharon Feigon, Ellen Greenberg, David Hoyt, Dennis Leach, and Shelley Poticha—to examine the first generation of TOD projects and derive lessons for the next generation. New Transit Town explores the key challenges to transit-oriented development, examin
Reconnecting America is a national organization that seeks to build connections between and among transporation networks and the regions and communities they serve in order to generate lasting public and private returns, improve economic efficiency, and give consumers greater choice.. Hank Dittmar is president and chief executive officer of Reconnecting America, and former executive director of the Surface Transportation Policy Project. Glo
Giovanni Circella said Good book for an overview of transit oriented development. This book offers a good overview on transit oriented development. It is not specifically targeted at experts (it has a rather limited scientific content and it is written in very plain language) and offers a major review of many projects and implementations of TOD. The expert in this field may be already familiar with many topics, but the book offers good insights for graduate students and pratictioners, and it can be a good complement for a professional library or a private collection of books on planning.. interesting discussion of tradeoffs This book, as you might guess from the title, is about attempts to create mixed-use developments near transit stations. Some of the projects profiled were in suburbs or automobile-oriented cities, and as a result ran into more difficulties than I would have expected: for example, retail may be difficult to finance when there are not yet enough residents to support it, and parking creates a variety of problems, When planners propose small amounts of parking, neighbors complain because they fear parking will spill over onto their streets. But when they propose large amounts of parking, more sophisticated n. Lim Eng Hwa said Great for budding transport planners!. Easy reading for those interested in TOD as it gives concise description of the subject at hand.Handy reference for quick refresher as well!
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