This page is organized into three sections: understanding TOD, the benefits of TOD, and TOD resources. Download TRU’s basic TOD PowerPoint Presentation (large ppt) Understanding TOD What is TOD? Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) is a community planning and design approach to achieve development that reaps environmental, social, and economic benefits for the individual, municipality, and community. TOD is […]
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Quality rapid transit offers far more than just a way to get around. Transit also provides: Global Warming Prevention Transit emits half as much global warming-inducing carbon dioxide per mile compared to automobile use. Cleaner Air, Healthier Kids Transit decreases car travel, thus decreasing air pollution from vehicles. Air pollution exacerbates asthma and other diseases.
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Why Woodward is ready for light rail Based on the experience of rapid transit investments in other cities, it is clear that the Woodward corridor from downtown to New Center is an excellent location to build a light rail line. Experience in other cities has shown that the factors that support successful light rail lines
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“It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” Charles Dickens may as well have been talking about Detroit transit with that infamous statement, because it sure has been both this year! Major federal investments promise to drastically improve Michigan’s passenger rail network, Yet Mayor Bing has canceled the Woodward Light Rail
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From our friends at SMART: Every New Year we make resolutions to be healthier, save money or to be more environmentally aware. Why not achieve all three goals by riding SMART? You’ll save money on gas, you’ll free yourself from the headache of driving and you’ll contribute to fewer polluting emissions in the air.
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