Development minded

Thanks to everyone who made it out to the first Public Transit Meetup, we appreciated having all of the different voices come together and discuss what’s important, see you at the next one: From Citizens for Modern Transit is an analysis of transit-oriented development (TOD) in the St. Louis metropolitan area; The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a story on St. Louis developers finding future prosperity in current transit parking  lots; Check out the info on transit-oriented development over at ReconnectingAmerica.org; The Transit Oriented Development Advocate has some successful case studies of TOD; The Federal Transit Administration has provided a brief summary of social, environmental, and fiscal benefits stemming from TOD; The Poughkeepsie Journal outlines the potential of TOD for the Manhattan suburb; Pittsburgh, currently finishing a huge LRT project, is evaluating future TOD in suburban and city areas; The Bordentown Township, in New Jersey, is readying for its own TOD transit-village looking forward to the economic boon from high-speed rail project; Connecticut is developing housing and businesses around existing busways, and ; Finally, the transit system of the day is the Niagara-Frontier Transportation Authority and resides in Buffalo, NY.