TransitOriented Development TOD

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Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)

• An Overview

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Definition of TOD
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What Is TOD?

• TOD is a synergism between land use and transit
  with the following key characteristics
• Compact Mixture of Uses
• Pedestrian Friendly and Walkable and
• Supportive of a Variety of Transit Options.

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More About TOD

• TOD provides access to a full range of
  transportation options
• Walking
• Bicycling
• Rail Transit
• Bus Transit
• Automobile
• Transit stations are at the center of TODs
• The area within ¼ mile (or a five minute walk) of
  these stations forms the TOD core.

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TOD Cores Features

• A vibrant mix of uses
• including
• Residential
• Retail
• Office
• Commercial
• Institutional
• Thoughtfully designed
• community spaces
• Exciting, pedestrian friendly areas for live,
  work and play.

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• Modern TODs are the original Railroad Suburb
  concept modified to accept the auto.

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TOD Schematic Diagram
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Benefits of TOD
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Benefits of TOD

• Increase transit ridership and reduce number of
  automobile trips generated
• Improve air quality
• Provide opportunities for neighborhood
  connections
• Increase sense of community and
• Reduce household fuel costs associated with heavy
  auto use.

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Benefits Of TOD (Cont.)

• Promote attractive, safe, walkable mixed-use
  neighborhoods and
• Increase value and income for property owners.

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Benefits Of TOD (Cont.)

• Expand markets and increase revenues for
  businesses
• Enhance tax revenues for local governments from
  rising land values
• Increase
• development and
• business
• transactions in
• areas near transit.

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Demand for TOD
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What Do Demographers Say?

• Demographers estimate that as much as 30 percent
  of the demand for housing is for denser,
  walkable, mixed-use communities and
• Currently, less than 2 percent of new housing
  starts are in this category.

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Who Will Live Near Transit Stations?

• Single householders and couples without children
  (regardless of age) will generate nearly
  two-thirds of the total demand for TOD, a
  disproportionate share given their percentage of
  total households and
• Households with children will account for only
  about 20 percent of the demand for TOD.

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National TOD Database

• 3,353 Fixed Transit Stations in 28 regions
• 1/4 and 1/2 mile radii metropolitan
  comparison.

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A Rapidly Growing TOD Literature
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Real Estate Investment Adjacent to Transit

• Washington DC, 15 billion (since 1976)
• Portland, 3 billion (since the late 1970s)
• Dallas, 1 billion (since 1996)
• St. Louis, 1 billion (since 1993) and
• Charlotte, 400 million (2000-2003).

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Examples of TOD Projects
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TOD Project 1 Rosslyn-Ballston Corridor
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Project Location

• Arlington County, Virginia.

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Transit Facilities and Services

• Five Metro Rail stations in the corridors and
• Transit operator is the Washington Metropolitan
  Area Transportation Authority (WMATA).

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TOD Facts

• Over 21 million square feet of office, retail,
  and commercial space
• More than 3,000 hotel rooms and
• Almost 25,000 residences.

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Corridor Development Patterns
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Rosslyn-Ballston Corridor Photo
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Lessons Learned

• Think big and involve all stakeholders in
  dialogue
• Take your time on the big framework decisions.
  Once the framework is set, stick to it
• Have high expectations
• Plan well
• Be patient
• Maintain integrity of plan
• Be consistent and
• Density can motivate the private sector.

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TOD Project 2 Bethesda Metro Center
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Project Location

• Bethesda, Maryland.

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Transit Facilities and Services

• Metro rail operated by the Washington
  Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
• First train departs Station opens- 504 a.m.
  Shady Grove- 528 a.m. Glenmont- 514 a.m. Last
  train departs Shady Grove- 1223 a.m. Wheaton-
  1147 p.m. (Weekday schedules)
• Metrobus connection J2, J3, J4, J7, J9.

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TOD Facts

• Some 400,000 square feet of office space
• A 380-room Hyatt Hotel
• 60,000 square feet of retail space and
• The air-rights lease at the Bethesda Station
  generates 1.6 million annually in rents.

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Metro Bethesda Station TOD Photo
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TOD Project 3 Orenco Station Town Center
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Project Location

• Hillsboro, Oregon.

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Transit Facilities and Services

• Light Rail operated by Portland Tri-Met and
• Orenco Station is a neighborhood of the city of
  Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. The planned
  urban town center was designed as a pedestrian
  friendly, high density community built in
  conjunction with TriMets Westside light rail.

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TOD Facts

• 450 to 500 attached town homes and detached
  homes
• 1,400 luxury apartment units
• a town center that will initially feature 25,000
  square feet of retail space, with 22 apartments
  or lofts above retail establishments and 24
  live-work town homes and
• an additional 30,000 square feet of retail space
  will be available for future development.

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Orenco Station Master Plan
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TOD Project 4 Martin Luther King Jr. East
Busway
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Project Location

• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Transit Facilities and Services

• The Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway is a
  two-lane dedicated bus-only highway serving the
  City of Pittsburgh and many of its eastern
  neighborhoods and suburbs. Total length is 9.1
  miles and
• Three Port Authority routes and other express and
  suburban Flyer routes utilize the busway seven
  days a week.

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TOD Facts

• 59 new developments within 1,500 feet radius of
  station
• 302 million in land development benefits of
  which 275 million was construction. 80
  clustered at station
• New construction and renovation of existing
  buildings and
• Retail, office and residential uses are most
  common.

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TOD Project 5 NoHo Arts District
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Project Location

• Los Angeles, California.

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Transit Facilities and Services

• Metro Red Line (Heavy Rail) and
• Metro Orange Line (BRT).

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TOD Facts

• Through the hard work of community stakeholders
  in partnership with Los Angeles Neighbourhood
  Initiative (LANI) and the Community Redevelopment
  Agency, NoHo has transformed from a thoroughfare
  dotted with vacant lots to a burgeoning theater
  district with coffee shops, restaurants and
  eclectic retail. In June 2000, the terminal Metro
  Red Line subway station opened within walking
  distance of this blossoming neighbourhood main
  street
• Medium- and high-density developments are being
  built around the Metro Station and
• Condominium towers (including a 15-story building
  on Lankershim Blvd) being built in the midst of
  older one-story bungalows and small apartment
  complexes.

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TOD Project 6 Columbia Pike Streetcar Project
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Project Location

• Arlington and Fairfax Counties, Virginia.

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Transit Facilities and Services

• Streetcar technology
• Five mile connection between Skyline and Pentagon
  City
• Six-minute service
• Service augmented with Metro buses during peak
  periods.

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Streetcar Technology
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TOD Facts

• Include a mixture of community- and
  neighbourhood-serving retail, office,
  residential, and recreational/cultural uses
  developed with a pedestrian scale and character.
  New mixed-use projects would create a distinct
  new identity and provide future access to
  multi-modal transit options.

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Other TOD-Related Photos
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Charlotte Light Rail TOD
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