A Twenty-Five-Year Biography of the TOD Concept: From Design to Policy, Planning, and Implementation
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2019
Subject Area
land use - planning, land use - transit oriented development, literature review - literature review, policy - sustainable
Keywords
transit-oriented development (TOD), transit communities, literature review
Abstract
Promoting a new vision of community—walkable, affordable, environmentally sustainable—the urban design idea of transit-oriented development (TOD) extended the land use and transportation nexus. This review article offers a twenty-five-year retrospective of TOD literature, shaped by disciplinary, policy, and practice predilections. Although the “D” in TOD stands for the encompassing notion of “development,” most literature focused on land development in particular. Meanwhile, sustainable or community development ideas languished, and other Ds such as Density, Diversity, and Design served as an operational framework for outcome-based research. We conclude by urging renewed focus in TOD research on the original goal of developing inclusive and sustainable communities.
Rights
Permission to publish the abstract has been given by SAGE, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
Jamme, T., Rodriguex, J., Bahl, D. & Banerjee, T. (2019). A Twenty-Five-Year Biography of the TOD Concept: From Design to Policy, Planning, and Implementation. Journal of Planning Education and Research, Vol. 39(4), pp. 409-428.
