The TOD fund will include $1 million from the Office of Policy and Management, $1 million from CHFA and $13 million from LISC, which was selected the TOD fund manager through a competitive process.
Interest in transit-oriented development continues to grow in Connecticut as municipalities in the state plan to take full advantage of new transit lines like the CTfastrak bus rapid transit system and New Haven-Hartford-Springfield Rail Line. Click on this Environmental Headline for more on this story from Mobilizing the Region.
TSTC and advocates brought state and local officials from Connecticut to see examples of successfully implemented TOD in northern New Jersey last week. The tour was organized by the TSTC and NJ Transit, with the generous support of the One Region Funders’ Group. Click on this environmental headline for more from TSTC.
Without transit-oriented development, sprawl will continue unabated.
This is from the panel discussion and seminar organized by the 1000 Friends of CT at CT’s Legislative Office Building yesterday, http://www.1000friends-ct.org/ Joe Magee on Transport Orient Development For more on this story, visit: Joe Magee on Transport Orient Development – YouTube.
Transit oriented development — a generation-old concept in which municipal and economic growth are linked to mass transit — is a current darling among many Connecticut constituencies. Called T-O-D to those in the know, it’s championed by environmentalists for its carbon footprint-shrinking possibilities; economic and business interests for its work force-friendly components; transit advocates for
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