Transit Planners' Transit-Oriented Development-Related Practices and Theories

Authors

Ian Carlton, Portland State UniversityFollow

Published In

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Document Type

Citation

Publication Date

10-4-2019

Abstract

Transit’s land use-shaping capability is an important justification and goal for fixed-guideway transit investment. While transit facility designs are expected to inform transit-oriented development (TOD), little research has examined how U.S. professionals incorporate TOD considerations into transit project planning. Through interviews, this study described how transit professionals identified TOD opportunities and how TOD considerations informed project designs across 19 U.S. regions, often substantially. However, the ways interviewees identified TOD opportunities were often inconsistent with the TOD literature, which may partially explain some transit planners’ unmet TOD expectations. Findings suggest that there is room for improvement in practitioners’ TOD-related transit planning practices.

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Copyright © 2019 by Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning

Locate the Document

http://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X19878867

DOI

10.1177/0739456X19878867

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/30424

Citation Details

Carlton, I. (2019). Transit Planners' Transit-Oriented Development-Related Practices and Theories. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 39(4), 508-519.