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AlanfromBigEasy on September 2, 2007 - 9:20am Permalink | Subthread | Comments top

Washington DC Metro Blasted for not supporting TOD

Metro's 86 rail stations sit on some of the Washington region's most valuable real estate. But the transit agency has failed to encourage developers to build homes, offices and stores at the trains' doorsteps, projects that might coax more commuters from their cars and provide the system with needed cash

One excuse:

Land use remains a local political decision." He said, for example, that development at Fairfax stations took off slowly because the county was overly focused on providing parking for commuters

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/01/AR200709...

Despite lack of support, DC Metro has significant Transit Oriented Development. The recently built New York Avenue Station on the Red Line immediately caused a half dozen office buildings to spring up. Ridership on existing lines increases every year.

Best Hopes for TOD (both of them),

Alan

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oilmanbob on September 2, 2007 - 9:59am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

The transit authorities in Mexico City built shopping centers at all of its subway locations and partially finaned the service with rents from the shp and restaurant owners. Its a great deal for everyone, the shops have millions delivered to their doorsteps daily, the commuters have convenience and partial subsidy of their rides. Because the shop owners help provide security, the subway has to hire fewer transit guards and the shop owners help with the cleaning so that they have a neat business. The only real problem ?-getting on and off the subway. Its so crowded that I think its the Mexican national body contact sport.

Mexico, DF is the most crowded city in North America. It has incredible pollution problems, but its also both the financial center and Capital, about 1 in 4 Mexicans either lives there or in the cities near the capital and it has every problem possible together with some magnificent public places. Without the public transit it would be totally unliveable, just as our cities will be without good transit after the peak Bob Ebersole

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vtfarmer on September 2, 2007 - 10:00am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Bummer--I thought it was being blasted for not supporting The Oil Drum.

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