Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Transit Oriented Development

Report from ULI Conference: The Future of Los Angeles Is Transit and TOD

By Gloria Ohland | Jun 7, 2010 | 2 Comments

A view from the W Hotel. Photo: Gloria Ohland Robust Attendance at ULI Event Indicates Developers, Investors and Feds On Board The Urban Land Institute held a well-attended TOD Summit (as in transit-oriented development, or TOD) in Hollywood on Friday that signifies the quiet revolution going on in the world of transportation and development in […]

Tomorrow’s Big Urban Land Institute Conference Looks at 4 L.A. TOD’s

By Damien Newton | Jun 3, 2010 | No Comments

Rendering of the Station Square Transit Village in Monrovia. Image via Visiting Gabriel Valley The Urban Land Institute, a national organization that looks at Transit Oriented Development, has stepped up its working in Los Angeles recently. In addition to releasing reports on the state of T.O.D. in the city, they’ve also sponsored workshops and discussions […]

Ford Foundation to Send $200M to Local Transit-Oriented Development

By Elana Schor | May 18, 2010 | No Comments

The Ford Foundation, created seven decades ago by a U.S. car industry scion, notably diverged from its past today by announcing a new, $200 million grant program aimed at promoting the local integration of transportation and land use planning and a movement beyond auto-based development. A "transit village" in the San Francisco area, cited by […]

NBC Opens Its Doors for “Community Meeting” on NoHo Development

By Damien Newton | May 12, 2010 | 4 Comments

Photo: Wikimedia (editor’s note: NBC Universal is holding a community meeting next Tuesday, May 18 at 4:00 P.M. at the Universal Studio’s lot. You have to RSVP by this Friday, May 14 to get past security. Call 818-700-3583 to reserve a spot. If you have trouble reserving a spot, please leave me a note in […]

TOD in LA Often Means “Transit Oriented Districts”

By Gloria Ohland | May 5, 2010 | 3 Comments

(Editors note: Gloria Ohland was on the team that completed the LA TOD study for LA Metro and the City of LA, and was also involved in the U.S. DOT study that compared the GHG emissions of TOD to other development.) Homeowner associations worried about keeping development out of their precious single-family neighborhoods really don’t […]

Memo to Culver City: One of These Things Is Not Like the Other (hint…it’s the car parking)

By Damien Newton | Apr 27, 2010 | 10 Comments

Photo of the Legado Crossing via Curbed. Yesterday, Curbed picked up a recent story in the Los Angeles Business Journal about planned "Transit Oriented Development" near the Venice and Robertson stop for the Expo Line that is expected to open in 2012. They’re still in the planning phases for the developments that will occur in […]

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