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  2. Transit-oriented development - Wikipedia

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    Transit Oriented Development. Many of the new towns created after World War II in Japan, Sweden, and France have many of the characteristics of TOD communities. In a sense, nearly all communities built on reclaimed land in the Netherlands or as exurban developments in Denmark have had the local equivalent of TOD principles integrated in their planning, including the promotion of bicycles for ...

  3. Mixed-use development - Wikipedia

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    Transit-oriented development—for example in Los Angeles and San Diego, where the cities made across-the-board zoning law changes permitting denser development within a certain distance of certain types of transit stations, with the primary aim of increasing the amount and affordability of housing [14]

  4. Transit village - Wikipedia

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    Transit-oriented development seen clustered adjacent to the Alewife Station, a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) intermodal transit station) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. U.S. A transit village is a pedestrian-friendly mixed-use district or neighborhood oriented around the station of a high-quality transit system, such as rail or ...

  5. Study examines 'transit oriented developments' in Lower ... - AOL

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    The Metro-North led transit oriented development project, the Avalon Harrison, which has 143 apartment units and was completed in 2023, is seen behind the tstation. Transit oriented developments ...

  6. Smart growth - Wikipedia

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    The Ballston neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia is a transit-oriented development zone, an example of the smart growth concept. Smart growth is an urban planning and transportation theory that concentrates growth in compact walkable urban centers to avoid sprawl.

  7. New Urbanism - Wikipedia

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    Civita is a sustainable, transit-oriented 230-acre (93 ha) master-planned village under development in the Mission Valley area of San Diego, California, United States. Located on a former quarry site, the urban -style village is organized around a community park that cascades down the terraced property. [ 60 ]

  8. Category:Transit-oriented developments - Wikipedia

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    Transit-oriented developments in the United States (1 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Transit-oriented developments" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.

  9. Car dependency - Wikipedia

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    There are a number of planning and design approaches to redressing automobile dependency, [12] known variously as New Urbanism, transit-oriented development, and smart growth. Most of these approaches focus on the physical urban design, urban density and landuse zoning of cities.