Transit-Related

See below for a list of readings all specific to transit-centered community development. Also check out the "Reports and Books" page on the Reconnecting America website for more transit-related research.

• Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives

By Jarrett Walker (2011), BOOK

• Healthy Corridor for All: A Community Health Impact Assessment of Transit-Oriented Development Policy in Saint Paul, Minnesota

From PolicyLink, ISAIAH, and TakeAction Minnesota (December 2011)

• High-Speed Rail: International Lessons for U.S. Policy Makers

By Petra Todorovich, Daniel Schned, and Robert Lane for Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (2011)

• Missed Opportunity: Transit and Jobs in Metropolitan America

From the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings (May 2011)

• Location Efficiency and Housing Type: Boiling it Down to BTUs

By Jonathan Rose Companies (March 2011) 

• Rails to Real Estate: Development Patterns Along Three New Transit Lines

From the Center for Transit-Oriented Development (March 2011)

• Dangerous by Design 2011: Solving the Epidemic of Preventable Pedestrian Deaths

From Transportation for America (2011)

• Maintaining Diversity in America's Transit-Rich Neighborhoods: Tools for Equitable Neighborhood Change
  From Dukakis Center for Urban & Regional Policy of Northeastern University (October 2010)

• How Transportation Reform Could Increase the Availability of Housing Affordable to Families with a Mix of Incomes Near Public Transit, Job Centers, and Other Essential Destinations

By Jeffrey Lubell and Emily Salomon (January 2010)

• Preserving Affordable Housing Near Transit: Case Studies from Atlanta, Denver, Seattle and Washington D.C.
  From Enterprise, The National Housing Trust, and Reconnecting America (2010)

• Making Affordable Housing At Transit a Reality: Best Practices in Transit Agency Joint Development
  By Robin Kniech and Melinda Pollack (2010)

• Mixed Income Housing Near Transit: Increasing Affordability With Location Efficiency

By Reconnecting America's Center for Transit-Oriented Development (November 2009)

• Fostering Equitable and Sustainable Transit-Oriented Development: Briefing Papers for a Convening on Transit-Oriented Development

From the Center for Transit-Oriented Development, Living Cities, and Boston College's Institute for Responsible Development (February 2009)

• Right to Transportation: Moving to Equity

By Thomas Sanchez, Marc Brenman, Jacinta Ma and Richard Stolz (2008), BOOK

• Capturing the Value of Transit
  By Reconnecting America's Center for Transit-Oriented Development (November 2008)

• Transit-Oriented Development in Philadelphia: Using a Proven Strategy to Create More Vibrant, Livable Neighborhoods
  By Econsult Corporation for NeighborhoodsNow (October 2007)