Transit Planning

KC Streetcar: A demonstration of the possible

By TODresources / May 11, 2018

This month on Building Better Communities with Transit we’re joined by the Executive Director of the KC Streetcar Authority, Tom Gerend. In 2016, Kansas City, MO opened the first streetcar the city has seen in almost 60 years and transformed the city’s downtown. Former skeptics of the line are now some of the KC Streetcar’s biggest proponents as businesses have boomed and more people are moving to—and spending money in—the center city. The 2.2 mile KC Streetcar, akin to a downtown circulator, is “a demonstration of the possible.”

Transit-Oriented Development and Employment

By Alex Dodds / June 20, 2016

The report discusses the relationship between transit and job concentrations and explains the importance of the destination side of the trip for both transit operations and land-use planning in station areas. It examines Atlanta, Georgia; Phoenix, Arizona; and the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and St. Paul), Minnesota, to illustrate the patterns of employment concentrations and show … Continued

Corridor-Level Approaches to Creating Transit-Oriented Districts

By Alex Dodds / June 20, 2016

What is a transit corridor? What are the types of corridors? What objectives do corridors serve within regions? What is corridor-level analysis and planning? What are the benefits of planning at the corridor level?