Transit-Oriented Development
Basics
Talking Headways Podcast: Bringing Joy with Transit in Atlanta
How to design the best bus network? Start off with a deep understanding of the city and its history.
July 7, 2022
Talking Headways Podcast: What It Takes To Be a Developer
Why people of color who try to build affordable housing face many different kinds of barriers.
May 26, 2022
More States — and the Feds — Are Getting into Zoning Reform for Sustainable Transport
New efforts by federal and state authorities to encourage the construction of housing in walkable and transit-rich communities suggests that many cities' best chance at progressive zoning reform will come from the top down, rather than the grass roots.
May 24, 2022
Minimum parking, maximum rent: Let’s cut tenants a break by ending parking minimums
It’s time to build on the success of the transit-oriented development ordinance and eliminate parking minimums for housing city-wide.
December 14, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: The Community Knows What it Wants
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.
September 23, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: The Answer is the Arterial
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."
January 7, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: Building Community in North Philly
The leaders of a great success story in affordable housing and wealth-building recall their effort.
December 3, 2020
Talking Headways Podcast: Housing Builds Neighborhoods
Brian O’Looney talks about his new book "Increments of Neighborhood: A Compendium of Built Types for Walkable and Vibrant Communities."
October 8, 2020
Chicago Releases Equitable Transit-Oriented Development Plan
September 14, 2020
Op-Ed: Every City Should Try This Innovative Way To Fund Transit
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?
March 9, 2020
