Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Transit-Oriented Development

Talking Headways Podcast: The Community Knows What it Wants

By Jeff Wood | Sep 23, 2021 | No Comments

This week we’re joined by Duncan Hwang, interim co-director of the Asian Pacific Network of Oregon, and Gauri Rajbaidya, architect and senior associate at SERA. They chat with us about community-driven development in Portland’s Jade District and how it's connected to the rest of the region.

Talking Headways Podcast: The Answer is the Arterial

By Jeff Wood | Jan 7, 2021 | No Comments

Listen well, America: "The truth of the matter is we were building too much of the wrong kind of housing in the wrong places. It can be fixed and you can even have a few goddamn cars."

Talking Headways Podcast: Building Community in North Philly

By Jeff Wood | Dec 3, 2020 | No Comments

The leaders of a great success story in affordable housing and wealth-building recall their effort.

Photos: (top left corner, Mark Moz; bottom right corner, Needpix.com)

Talking Headways Podcast: Housing Builds Neighborhoods

By Jeff Wood | Oct 8, 2020 | No Comments

Brian O’Looney talks about his new book "Increments of Neighborhood: A Compendium of Built Types for Walkable and Vibrant Communities."

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Chicago Releases Equitable Transit-Oriented Development Plan

By John Greenfield | Sep 14, 2020 | No Comments

A new equitable transit-oriented development plan published by the city today lays out steps for bringing affordable TOD to all parts of town.

A new study suggests the Second Avenue subway (above, opening in January 2017) has generated some $70 billion in real estate value for the surrounding development. Source: John Taggart/Bloomberg via Getty Images.

Every City Should Try This Innovative Way To Fund Transit

By Eric Jaffe | Mar 9, 2020 | No Comments

When the city builds a train line or a bus route, adjacent property values sky rocket. Why shouldn't the public benefit from that phenomenon — and use that money to expand transit more?

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