When TOD moves into the neighborhood: Towards locally-sustainable transit-oriented development
Year: 2006
Type: dissertation
Abstract: This paper investigates how transit-oriented development can protect and enhance \ncommunity sustainability. This study explores literature on community capacity, social \ncapital, and neighborhood change to generate a definition of community sustainability \nappropriate for urban neighborhoods in transition. It then looks at current models \nproposed in the literature for assessing transit-oriented development (TOD), and finds \nlittle of relevance for the concerns of social sustainability. The study then draws \nsustainability indicators from other social science literature and assesses their usefulness \nfor transit-oriented development. Finally, it develops a set of indicators appropriate for \nmeasuring the performance of TOD in protecting or enhancing community sustainability \nin these neighborhoods. These indicators can be used as a starting point for agencies and \nlocal groups to develop outcome-oriented measures of success for the local sustainability \nof future transit-oriented developments.
Author: Justin Solomon Fried
Language: English
Subfield: Transportation
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2110245462