Talking Headways Podcast: Charlotte’s Transit-Oriented Zoning Innovations

By Jeff Wood
Jul 25, 2019

This week, we’re joined by Monica Holmes, placemaking manager for the City of Charlotte and the project manager for the rewrite of the transit-oriented development zoning ordinance. Holmes talks about why the transit oriented development part of the zoning ordinance was the first part of the code rewrite as well as all of the details about the new point system created to promote economic mobility, the environment, and new transportation. She also shares how TOD was built in the past and what will be happening along all the city’s transit corridors in the future.

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Let's hear how Sound Transit does it.

Sacramento's 23 light rail stations will have restrictions on what kind of development can happen nearby. Image: City of Sacramento

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By Melanie Curry | Dec 14, 2018

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Talking Headways Podcast: The Urban Policy Translator

By Jeff Wood | Apr 28, 2017

This week we’re joined by Shelley Poticha, director of NRDC’s Urban Solutions Program, who tells us about the organization's new programs like SPARCC and the City Energy Project. We get into federal policy like the Clean Power Plan and the story of how FTA and HUD were finally connected, and we talk about The Next American Metropolis, the 1993 book about transit-oriented development she wrote with Peter Calthorpe.

Avoiding the Unintended Consequences of Transit-Oriented Development

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 25, 2010

We see it over and over again in our cities. Migration out of central cities hollows out neighborhoods and leaves the people who remain struggling with the consequences of disinvestment. But when development returns to urban areas, the arrival of new residents can impose burdens on people who never left. Often, as amenities come into […]