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At about 4:22 AM this morning the Illinois Senate concurred with the Illinois House on bill SB 2111, approving a revenues and reform package that will avert the Chicagoland transit fiscal cliff, structurally close budget gaps for the foreseeable future, and provide additional funding for the state’s 63 transit agencies. Among the reforms are establishing…

The city has spent more than a decade debating whether to allow transit-oriented development in Bay Park, a wealthy neighborhood uphill from the $2 billion Blue Line trolley extension.

Hawai‘i US Sen. Brian Schatz, a Democrat, has teamed up with Indiana Sen. Jim Banks, a Republican, to introduce the “Build More Housing Near Transit Act.” The bipartisan legislation is designed to encourage local governments to increase housing development in urban and suburban areas well-served by public transit. The proposed legislation builds on Schatz’s ongoing […]

BART has agreed to give Berkeley a 1.7-acre parking lot as part of a community benefits deal for housing at the Ashby station.

Nearly five acres of SEPTA parking lots, steps away from Ambler’s downtown, are earmarked for a transit-oriented redevelopment project.

Apartments near new Metro-North stations may include as many as 200 parking spaces each despite the city's move to waive parking minimums.

Council moves ahead with transit-oriented areas bylaw and off-street parking bylaw amendments

Up to 10 Sound Transit-owned parking facilities -- including at all Link station parking facilities -- could see daily paid parking begin around the time that the Lynnwood Link Extension opens.

Huge numbers of people want to live near opportunity and drive less. As urbanists and advocates, we should be open-minded about how to help them, and what good land use looks like.

Officials with the borough of Conshohocken claim they were blindsided by the move and reject any alternatives proposed by SEPTA.

Bibb and city planners taking steps toward achieving "15-minute city" framework.

Phoenix City Council is weighing a proposal to reduce parking space minimums for developers and make the city less car dependent.

A Utah legislator is planning to introduce a bill that would forbid cities from having minimum parking requirements near transit stations in an effort to improve walkability and reduce housing costs.

Atlanta City Councilmember Jason Dozier has introduced three pieces of legislation to limit the growth of auto-centric development around the Atlanta BeltLine.

On September 22, 2022, Governor Newsom signed into law AB 2097, a sweeping override of local parking regulations for projects located within one-half…

Richmond’s City Council just selected a development team for a $2.4 billion reimagining of the Diamond District, which could yield more housing, transit-oriented development, and park space.

The exceptions, like Mockingbird Station, prove the de facto rule in Dallas: many light rail stations are surrounded by little more than unused parking spaces.

On Wednesday night, many commissioners expressed support for 9-story projects, if not taller, at the North Berkeley and Ashby BART stations.

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Ann Arbor mayor's allies object to 'conspiracy theories' as they OK new high-density zoning

TransForm analyzed plans for housing at several urban rail stations, offering ideas about how to best achieve goals on reducing single occupant vehicle trips to transit stations.

A key committee of the General Assembly advanced legislation Wednesday that would require municipalities to open more affordable housing -- or face consequences -- but gutted another controversial bill that would have allowed multi-family housing to be developed near train stations without special approval from local officials.

Berkeley City Council approved of the single largest investment to affordable housing–for a project to be located near two BART stations.

Mayor LaToya Cantrell's administration is studying how to use a coming redesign of New Orleans' public-transportation system to create housing, retail and public amenities along new transit routes in the

A new residential building that embraces multimodality is in the works for downtown Austin. Plans for Shoal Cycle, an infill redevelopment at 812 West 11th Street, were submitted to the city on Monday and include a request for a height increase.

Asm. Friedman’s A.B. 1401 would allow developers to “right-size” the number of parking spaces