transit-oriented development
Hub-centered urban design
Transit-oriented development is an urban planning approach that concentrates housing, retail, and offices within walking distance of public transportation hubs.
The goal is to reduce car dependence by making it convenient to live, work, and shop near train stations or bus lines.
Often abbreviated TOD: The city rezoned the area around the new light rail station for transit-oriented development.
- carbon reductionLowering CO2 emissions
- light railUrban passenger train network
- affordable housingShelter scaled to earnings
- social equityFair distribution of opportunity
- placemakingDesigning meaningful public spaces
commuter trains · streetcars · gentrification · community engagement · subway networks · energy efficiency · public spaces · neighborhood revitalization · walkability · electric buses · rezoning · urban infill · hub · park and ride · subway · infill · station · urbanism
- green citiesgreen buildings, green space, bike lanes, solar panels, urban parks
- urban planningcity planning, zoning map, master plans, zones, zoning reform
- urban renewalredevelopment, rezoning, demolition, land acquisition, eminent domain
- urbanismneighborhood, subway, sidewalk, urban planning, traffic
- development policyregional cooperation, planning commissions, urban renewal, enterprise zones, economic zones
- green transportelectric car, electric vehicles, electric bus, EVs, electric bike
transit-oriented developmenturban sprawl
Uncontrolled peripheral development
sprawl · suburban sprawl · bedroom community · tract housing