Transit-Oriented Development Brown Bag Lunch
January 23, 2007
12:00 noon until 1:30
Board of Trade
1725 Eye St., NW
Washington, DC.
(Farragut West or Farragut North Metro)
The Greater Washington Board of Trade, Smart Growth Alliance and Coalition for Smarter Growth are pleased
to host a brown bag lunch for those interested in learning more about transit-oriented development from one of
the nation’s leaders in this field.
This complimentary program will be held January 23 from 12:00 noon until 1:30 at the Board of Trade, 1725 Eye St., NW,
Washington, DC.(Farragut West or Farragut North Metro.) Registration is not necessary but seating is limited.
Registration is not necessary; seating is limited. For more information, contact Bob Grow at 202.857.5935.
Featured Speaker:
Jeffrey Tumlin
Principal
Jeffrey Tumlin is an expert in multimodal transportation planning, with an emphasis in minimizing the impacts of growth.
Making Transit Oriented Development Work
Jeffrey Tumlin
Even a cursory glance around the country reveals almost exponential growth in interest in transit oriented development (TOD). Many developments that are touted as transit oriented development, however, fail to live up to their potential - even if they are located close to rail stations or frequent bus routes. As a result, the potential benefits, including increased transit ridership, are often lost. Indeed, these pseudo-TODs are often little different from their auto-oriented counterparts. We now have "transit oriented" big box retail and single-story office parks, set in seas of parking. In many cases, housing developments with just six units to the acre are being advertised as TODs.
Many developments labeled transit oriented would in fact be better described as transit adjacent. They lack the density, design and mix of uses necessary to take full advantage of their transit resources.
