TOD Community Assessment Tool Survey
As part CMT’s 1-year Missouri Foundation Health (MFH) Healthy & Active Community Local Policy Change grant we are focusing on TOD policy development and adoption in seven communities along the MetroLink alignment. We hope creating and adopting TOD policies will drive development of compact walkable communities around transit stations making it possible to live healthier lifestyles. Part of our initial assessment of these communities is a brief survey, designed to get a high-level overview of the community’s opinions about transit-oriented…
Retrofitting the Region for Economic Success – St. Louis
On September 23, 2011 Citizens for Modern Transit hosted our 27th Annual Meeting. This year’s meeting featured guest speaker Scott Bernstein, President and CEO of the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT). Mr. Bernstein presented “Retrofitting the Region for Economic Success – St. Louis” a fact-filled presentation that detailed commuting patterns, housing and transportation costs, and how investment in transit could serve as an economic windfall for the St. Louis region. Bernstein uses the Housing & Transportation Affordability Index measure the…
ULI TAP Belleville Station Final Report
Last month we posted about the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Technical Assistaince Panel (TAP) Citizens for Modern Transit sponsored at the Belleville MetroLink Station (See post: CMT Sponsors ULI TAP at Belleville Station). The panel of experts has put together their final report and recommendations for development prospects at and around the Belleville MetroLink Station. We will be conducting our next TAP at the Shrewsbury MetroLink Station in late February or Early March of 2012. Read the full report: Technical…
CMT Receives Missouri Foundation for Health Grant
CMT has been awarded a 1-year MFH Healthy & Active Community Local Policy Change grant to focus on seven communities along the MetroLink alignment to foster TOD policy development and adoption. The development of compact walkable communities around transit makes it possible to create healthier lifestyles. The seven communities include Berkeley, Pagedale, Wellston, City of St. Louis, Normandy, University City and Maplewood. The grant should begin in early 2012.
The Ultimate TOD – Maeklong Market, Thailand
This unbelievable video illustrates the transit oriented development Thai-style. The Maeklong Market is located along commuter train tracks two hours outside of Bangkok. The market literally operates on top of the tracks except for the four times a day the train runs through it. Watch this remarkable video to see TOD in rural Thailand.
