Transit-Oriented Development Resources

• Municipal Funding Opportunities for Transit-Oriented Development -  PDF Version (.pdf) |  Microsoft Word Version (.doc)
  
  
• A Transit Review Checklist for Public Agencies, Municipalities, and Developers
  
  
• CMAP Technical Assistance link:  http://www.cmap.illinois.gov/TechAssistDirectory.aspx
  
  
• Land Use Brochures (courtesy of Metra):

• Land Use in Commuter Rail Station Areas:  Guidelines for Communities
• Local Economic Benefits of Commuter Rail Stations for Communities and Businesses
• Residential Development Near Commuter Rail Stations

• Metra Station & Parking Design Guidelines http://www.metrarr.com/techservices/
  
  
• Pace Development Guidelines http://www.pacebus.com/sub/guidelines/guidelines.asp
  
  
• RTAMS - RTA’s Data Warehouse containing information about stations, routes, ridership, and plans. www.rtams.com

• American Public Transportation Association (APTA) :  http://www.apta.com/
  
  
• Center for Transit-Oriented Development:  www.reconnectingamerica.org
  • TOD 101: Why Transit-Oriented Development and Why Now?
  • TOD 202: Station Area Planning-How to Make Great Transit-Oriented Places
  • TOD 202: Transit + Employment – Increasing Transit’s Share of Commute Trips

• Congress for the New Urbanism: http://www.cnu.org

• Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Transit Oriented Development http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/about/conplan/tod.cfm
  
  
• FTA Livable and Sustainable Communities: http://fta.dot.gov/publications/publications_10935.html
  
  
• FTA Transit-Oriented Development and Joint Development http://fta.dot.gov/publications/publications_11007.html
          
• LEED-Neighboorhood Design http://www.cnu.org/leednd  and http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=148
  
  
• Parking Policy for Transit-Oriented Development: Lessons for Cities, Transit Agencies, and Developers [PDF], Richard Willson, CSPU Pomona, Journal of Public Transportation, Vol. 8, No. 5, 2005
  
  
• Rail~Volution:  Building Livable Communities with Transit:  http://www.railvolution.com/

• (2007 Conference Presentations):   http://www.railvolution.com/2007conferencepapers.asp
• (2008 Conference Presentations):   http://www.railvolution.com/2008conferencepapers.asp
• (2009 Conference Presentations):   http://www.railvolution.com/2009conferencepapers.asp

• Smart Growth - Essential Smart Growth Fixes For Urban and Suburban Zoning Codes
  
  
• Smart Growth Planning: http://www.smartgrowthplanning.org/index.html
  
  
• Smart Growth, US EPA: http://www.epa.gov/livability/index.htm
  
  
• Urban Land Institute  http://www.uli.org/
  
  • ULI Ten Principles for Successful Development Around Transit
  • ULI Ten Principles for Reinventing America’s Suburban Business Districts

• Transit-Oriented Development:  www.transitorienteddevelopment.org
  
  
• TOD: Moving From Rhetoric To Reality, Dena Belzer and Gerald Autler, The Brookings Institution, June 2002

• TOD, Using Public Transit to Create More Accessible and Livable Neighborhoods, TDM Encyclopedia, Victoria Transport Policy Institute, Canada
  
  
• Transit -Oriented Development in the United States: Experiences, Challenges, and Prospects, TCRP Report 102, Transportation Research Board, FTA, US DOT, Washington DC, 2004