The new transit town
Subtitle: best practices in transit-oriented development
By: edited by Hank Dittmar and Gloria Ohland ; foreword by Peter Calthorpe.
Contributors: Dittmar, Hank.; Ohland, Gloria.
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: Local transit -- United States -- Case studies; Land use, Urban -- United States -- Case studies; Transportation and state -- United States -- Case studies; Urban policy -- United States -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Description: Explores the key challenges to transit-oriented development, examines the lessons learned from the first generation of projects, and uses a systematic examination and analysis of a broad spectrum of projects to set standards for the next generation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. An introduction to transit-oriented development / Hank Dittmar with Dena Belzer and Gerald Autler; title: 2. Defining transit-oriented development : the new regional building block / Hank Dittmar and Shelley Poticha; title: 3. The transit-oriented development drama and its actors / Dena Belzer ... [et al.]; title: 4. Regulations shape reality : zoning for transit-oriented development / Ellen Greenberg; title: 5. Financing transit-oriented development / Julia Parzen and Abby Jo Sigal; title: 6. Traffic, parking, and transit-oriented development / James M. Daisa; title: 7. The Arlington County case study  Rosslyn-Ballston corridor / Dennis Leach; title: 8. The Dallas case study Mockingbird Station and Addison Circle / Gloria Ohland; title: 9. The Atlanta case study Lindbergh city center / Sharon Feigon and David Hoyt with Gloria Ohland; title: 10. The San Jose case study Ohlone-Chynoweth station / Shanti Breznau; title: 11. The San Diego case study Barrio Logan's Mercado project / Gloria Ohland; title: 12. The new transit town : great places and great nodes that work for everyone / Scott Bernstein.