High density development in Cambridge, Massachusetts stimulated by 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. Thus, 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

See:

  • use of “transit-proximate” in a government planning document
  • “transit-proximate development” distinguished from “transit-oriented development” in Congressional testimony

See also

  • New Urbanism
  • Smart growth
  • Urban sprawl
  • Transit-oriented development
  • Principles of Intelligent Urbanism
  • Transit village
  • Value capture

Retrieved from “http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit-proximate_development”
Categories: Public transport | Urban studies and planning


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