What Are your views on Rail Orientated Developments?

[Nexis4Jersey]

So what do you think about them? I Personally love them because they replace disgusting Trackside Blight with Dense Retail , Residential and Commercial space. They also boost Ridership on Transit corridors or Rail lines....as high as 17,000 per station like at Newport in Jersey City. While the Northeast and parts of the Midwest have some the old and original ROD / TOD it seems areas out west and in Canada are now playing catch up and fast. Denver , Salt Lake City , San Diego , DC , Northern Virgina , Seattle , Portland , Calgary , Vancouver and Edmonton are all seeing a boom in TOD.... Northern VA , and DC are exploding along every Transit Corridor including the spectacular Tyson's Corner Revelopment project & Potomac Yards Project which will add at least 90-170,000 more commuters (depends on how many corridors get built) to the DC Metro and VRE network.... Not to say there aren't big ROD projects in the Northeast , Harrison,NJ , Jersey City , The Amboys , White Plains , Brooklyn, Hoboken and Queens are transforming there Industrial spaces into Dense living areas.... The Most Famous project and noticed by Engineers and Fanners alike is the Harrison redevelopment plan , transforming the warehouses into a city within a city should be completed by 2018. Phase 1 , 2 are completed....the project calls for restoring the Harrison Morristown line station and Building a New Interchange on I-280. White Plains and Stamford are 2 other cities that are building up a ton of ROD , by 2020 there should be no surface parking loys in White Plains and a New Metro North station.

Tysons highlighted as global example for smart growth

Harrison Redevelopment

 

[jis]

Speaking of Morristown Line, don;t forget the transit village that has been developed at Morristown station.

If you want to see an amazing proliferation of Transit Oriented Development you have to see what is happening around LRT stations in Denver! I was amazed that such an inherently car oriented place would naturally start developing those what are essentially transit villages around those stations.

 

[jmbgeg]

So what do you think about them? I Personally love them because they replace disgusting Trackside Blight with Dense Retail , Residential and Commercial space. They also boost Ridership on Transit corridors or Rail lines....as high as 17,000 per station like at Newport in Jersey City. While the Northeast and parts of the Midwest have some the old and original ROD / TOD it seems areas out west and in Canada are now playing catch up and fast. Denver , Salt Lake City , San Diego , DC , Northern Virgina , Seattle , Portland , Calgary , Vancouver and Edmonton are all seeing a boom in TOD.... Northern VA , and DC are exploding along every Transit Corridor including the spectacular Tyson's Corner Revelopment project & Potomac Yards Project which will add at least 90-170,000 more commuters (depends on how many corridors get built) to the DC Metro and VRE network.... Not to say there aren't big ROD projects in the Northeast , Harrison,NJ , Jersey City , The Amboys , White Plains , Brooklyn, Hoboken and Queens are transforming there Industrial spaces into Dense living areas.... The Most Famous project and noticed by Engineers and Fanners alike is the Harrison redevelopment plan , transforming the warehouses into a city within a city should be completed by 2018. Phase 1 , 2 are completed....the project calls for restoring the Harrison Morristown line station and Building a New Interchange on I-280. White Plains and Stamford are 2 other cities that are building up a ton of ROD , by 2020 there should be no surface parking loys in White Plains and a New Metro North station.

Tysons highlighted as global example for smart growth

Harrison Redevelopment

Here are some websites:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit-oriented_development

http://www.transitorienteddevelopment.org/

 

[Ryan]

They're starting work on a great deal of development around the MARC station here in Odenton. If I were in a position to be moving, I would certainly give living within walking distance of the train station a hard look. We could also use some more retail in the center of town, so overall I think that it'll be a win for everyone in town.

 

[Nexis4Jersey]

They're starting work on a great deal of development around the MARC station here in Odenton. If I were in a position to be moving, I would certainly give living within walking distance of the train station a hard look. We could also use some more retail in the center of town, so overall I think that it'll be a win for everyone in town.

I know MD is TODing up the Brunswick line due to Gaithersburg and the CCT project. Those Developments alone should add 15-25,000 more commuters to the Brunswick line according to an Urban planner friend. Theres a few stations along the Camden line @ Riverdale , College Park (large Scale Development) , Greenbelt (large Scale Development) , Muikirk (Large Scale Development) , Jessup , St. Denis , Camden station and area ( Large Scale Development) , the Developments would be Dense mostly cities within a city like Gaithersburg will be. With the Exception of Baltimore.... For the Penn line TOD is planned @ Aberdeen (large Scale Development) , Edgewood , Baltimore Penn station area ( Dense High Rise Developments) , West Baltimore area (large Scale super Dense Development) , Halethrone (large scale development) , BWI Airport area (large Scale Development) , Bowie (large Scale Development) , Seabrook , New Carrollton (large Scale Development)..... The Penn line will be very dense 20 years form now if everything gets built up...

 

[Nexis4Jersey]

Speaking of Morristown Line, don;t forget the transit village that has been developed at Morristown station.

If you want to see an amazing proliferation of Transit Oriented Development you have to see what is happening around LRT stations in Denver! I was amazed that such an inherently car oriented place would naturally start developing those what are essentially transit villages around those stations.

The Plan for Morristown is to turn the entire Downtown into a Dense Residential / Commercial area. Morristown is also becoming the Hoboken of Western NJ. Alot of commuter singles and couples are moving there , so there is high demand for housing. So hopefully by the mid 2020s Morristown will be a dense small city. I'll break the TOD down by each NJT line.

Pascack Valley line

Nanuet

Pearl River

Montvale

Park Ridge - completed

Westwood

Emerson - Completed

New Bridge landing

Anderson street - Completed , phase 2 not decided

Essex Street

Teterboro - UC

Main / Bergen line

Mahwah

Ramsey

Allendale

Waldwick

Ridgewood

Glenrock

Hawthorne

Paterson

Clifton

Passaic

Lyndhurst

Secaucus - phase 1 completed

Rutherford

Garfield

Fair lawn

North Jersey Coast line

Perth Amboy - multiple projects UC

South Amboy - Phase 1 Completed

Red Bank

Long Branch

Asbury Park

Belmar

Bayhead

Northeast Corridor

 

Newark - (East Ward)- Multiple projects UC

North Elizabeth

Elizabeth - in planning stages

Rahway - Downtown Revelopment 80% completed

Metchun

Edison

New Brunswick - Downtown Revelopment 60% Completed

Hamilton

Trenton

Atlantic City line

 

Atlantic City - Core Redevelopment 20% completed

Egg Harbor City - proposed town redevelopment

Hammonton

Atco

Lindenwold - planning stages

Haddonfield

Collingswood

Raritan Valley line

 

Raritan

Somerville

Bridgewater

Plainfield

Union

Riverline LRT

Hamilton Avenue

Cass Street

Bordentown

Roebling

Florence

Burlington South

Beverly / Edgewater Park

Delanco

Riverside

Riverton

Palmyra

Pennsauken

36th Street

Walter Rand Transportation Center - proposal stages

Cooper Street – Rutgers University - proposal stages

Aquarium - proposal stages

Entertainment Center - proposal stages

Montclair - Boonton line

 

Watsessing Avenue - planning stages

Bloomfield

Bay Street - Completed

Walnut station

Upper Montclair

Wayne

Boonton

Morristown line

 

Harrison

Newark Board Street - On Hold

East Orange - Planning stages

Brick Church

Orange

South Orange

Millburn

Summit

Chatham

Madison

Convent

Morristown - Phase 1 completed

Mount Tabor

Denville

Dover

Lake Hopatcong

Netcong

Hackettstown

Hudson Bergen Light Rail

Bergenline Avenue - UC / Multiple projects

Port Imperial - on hold

Lincoln Harbor - in the planning stages

9th Street-Congress Street - phase 1 & 2 completed

Pavonia-Newport - a few more high rises planned

Harsimus Cove - more high rises and developments planned

Harborside Financial Center - 3 more high rises planned

Exchange Place - 2 more high rises planned

Marin Boulevard - phase 2 of Liberty Harbor North to begin Construction

Jersey Avenue -- ^^

Liberty State Park - in planning stages

Garfield Avenue - in the planning stages

West Side Avenue - in the planning stages

Richard Street

Danforth Avenue

34th Street - phase 1 completed and rest of the project scrapped due to PANJNY

8th Street

Newark Light Rail

 

NJPAC / Center Street - Planning stages

Atlantic Street

Washington Park

Military Park

Washington Street

Warren Street - Rutgers Expansion

Norfolk Street

Orange Street

Branch Brook Park - Completed

Grove Street - Planning Stages

PATH system

Newark Penn Station - planning stages

Harrison - Massive Redevelopment UC

Journal SQ - Massive Redevelopment planned

Grove Street - a few more buildings in planning

Exchange Place - 2 more high rises planned

Newport - Multiple High Rises planned

Hoboken - Dense / High Rise Developments planned

Patco system

Lindenwold - planning stages

Ashland

Woodcrest

Haddonfield

Westmont

Collingswood

Ferry Avenue

Walter Rand Transportation Center - proposal stages

City Hall - proposal stages