Transit-proximate development: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 18:13, 15 June 2006

Revision as of 21:34, 27 July 2006

Line 1:

[[Image:TODatAlwifeStation.agr.jpg|thumb|300px|High density development in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] stimulated by [[Alewife (MBTA station)|Alewife subway station]] (right foreground) and TOD [[zoning]]. Note the extensive [[parking]] above the station, lack of on-street parking, long [[pedestrian crossing]] distances, and limited ground-level [[retail]].]]

'''Transit-proximate development''' is a term used by some planning officials to describe (potentially dense) development that is physically near a [[public transport]] node (e.g. a [[bus station]], [[train station]] or [[metro station]]). This type of development includes [[transit-oriented development]], but, according to some planning officials, can also describe development that is not transit-oriented development. For exampleThus, transit-proximate development can include results where, despite the ___location of dense development near transit, the development does not take full advantage of -- or fully encourage the use of -- the public transport node. For example, transit-proximate development could include buildings with extensive [[parking]] facilities typical of suburban locations, a lack of "mixed-use development" (housing, workplaces and shopping in the same place), or a lack of extensive [[pedestrian]] facilities that would make it easier for people to reach the public transport node.

==References==