This month on Building Better Communities with Transit we chat with Colin Parent, Executive Director of Circulate San Diego, an advocacy organization that promotes public and active transportation in tandem with sustainable growth. As Colin notes, much of the renewed interest and support for transit and transit-oriented development is being driven by one thing: the housing crisis.

Episode 14: TOD Winds Shift in San Diego

On the Building Better Communities with transit podcast this month, Kendra expands on her work with the MPC and Elevated Chicago to bring equitable TOD to rail and bus corridors around the region. She also talks about the original impact of the city's TOD ordinance and how the city can support entrepreneurs with strategic investments.

Episode 15: Making Equitable TOD Intentional

This month on Building Better Communities with Transit we’re joined by Maritza Pechin, a planner with AECOM who works with city staff in Richmond on long-range planning. On the podcast, Maritza talks about the Pulse and the broader bus network redesign that was rolled out at the same time. In a wide ranging conversation, Jeff Wood and Maritza discuss how the new system is bring people back to transit, how the city might tackle housing affordability, and what big ideas the city is considering for the future.

Episode 16: The Pulse of Richmond Virginia

As Monica explains on this month's episode of Building Better Communities with Transit, the city decided to create new TOD zones that would better reflect the needs and context of different stations. In April of this year, Charlotte adopted updated TOD zoning and it couldn't have come at a better time. Development is picking up along the Blue line extension that opened last year and connects downtown Charlotte to the main campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. And planning for a new east-west light rail line is in the early stages.

Episode 17: Writing a New TOD Zoning Code

Welcome to Building Better Communities with Transit, a podcast series about transit-oriented development and how it works to improve communities across America. 

Our host, Jeff Wood, invites the experts each month for conversations about how communities of all sizes can catalyze smarter growth by encouraging development around transit stations and along transit corridors. 

This podcast is a production of TODresources.org, an initiative of the Federal Transit Administration in partnership with Smart Growth America. Visit TODresources.org to learn more.

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