Summery Of Transit Oriented Development
Texas A&M University
PLAN612 – Transportation in City Planning
Reading Summary
Xiaoqiang Kong
Transit-Oriented Development and Joint Development in the United States: A Literature review (1-26)
Robert Cervero, Christopher Ferrell, and Steven Murphy(2002)
Introduction
The article “Transit-Oriented Development and Joint Development in the United States” focuses on the definition about Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) and Joint Development (TJD) and institutional issue about TOD and TJD in certain areas. During the article, the author presented many cases to illustrate the institutional and organizational issues.
Summary
Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) refers to “A mixed-use community that encourages people to live near transit services and to decrease their dependence on driving” (Still2002). TODs are not only help us improving traffic conditions and ridership, and also give people more choices on where to live and how to travel. Transit-Joint Development (TJD), as a small-scale TOD, means “Real estate development that is closely linked to public transit services and station facilities and takes advantage of the market and locational benefits provided by them” (Keefer1984).
Successful TOD and TJD typically need many units of society such as individuals, organizations institutions and other interest related units to cooperate. In the beginning of TOD and TJD development, the federal, state and local interests play a very important role in those processes. Transit Agencies can be different roles in the TOD and TJD process. They try to control the development process by requests and proposals-from providing technical information to developer. Some transit agencies are committed to design standards, and others also concern about non-traditional transit activities.
Conclusion
The article mainly presents the definition of TOD and TJD. And use several cases to illustrate function about TODs and TJDs, to point out what kind of effects they will have on the
PLAN612 – Transportation in City Planning
Reading Summary
Xiaoqiang Kong
Transit-Oriented Development and Joint Development in the United States: A Literature review (1-26)
Robert Cervero, Christopher Ferrell, and Steven Murphy(2002)
Introduction
The article “Transit-Oriented Development and Joint Development in the United States” focuses on the definition about Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) and Joint Development (TJD) and institutional issue about TOD and TJD in certain areas. During the article, the author presented many cases to illustrate the institutional and organizational issues.
Summary
Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) refers to “A mixed-use community that encourages people to live near transit services and to decrease their dependence on driving” (Still2002). TODs are not only help us improving traffic conditions and ridership, and also give people more choices on where to live and how to travel. Transit-Joint Development (TJD), as a small-scale TOD, means “Real estate development that is closely linked to public transit services and station facilities and takes advantage of the market and locational benefits provided by them” (Keefer1984).
Successful TOD and TJD typically need many units of society such as individuals, organizations institutions and other interest related units to cooperate. In the beginning of TOD and TJD development, the federal, state and local interests play a very important role in those processes. Transit Agencies can be different roles in the TOD and TJD process. They try to control the development process by requests and proposals-from providing technical information to developer. Some transit agencies are committed to design standards, and others also concern about non-traditional transit activities.
Conclusion
The article mainly presents the definition of TOD and TJD. And use several cases to illustrate function about TODs and TJDs, to point out what kind of effects they will have on the