Evaluating Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) in Denver, Colorado
The goal of this project is to establish a baseline to help gauge the impact of transit-oriented development (TOD) in Denver in response to the development of the Regional Transportation District (RTD) light and commuter rail transit system. This baseline will be set for both the recently opened Southwest and Southeast light rail corridors as well as the new corridors proposed in the RTD FasTracks initiative. TOD is one method suggested in the FasTracks initiative to help meet the program goals of improved economic development opportunities, improved quality of life, and balancing transit needs with future regional growth. Issues such as the influence of TOD on transit ridership and total trip generation will be analyzed. TOD's impact on traffic congestion, environmental quality, and energy consumption will also be evaluated. Different scales of analysis will be conducted from the station and corridor levels to the county and district levels. Comparisons of development in transit and non-transit nodes and corridors will also be done. The objectives of this project are to evaluate TOD development in Denver to determine its overall regional impact and see if it is meeting its stated goals. During this project, already completed TOD development in Denver will be evaluated and a baseline for the future analyses of the impact of TOD development will be created.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $28250.00
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Sponsor Organizations:
National Center for Intermodal Transportation
University of Denver
Denver, CO United States 80208 -
Principal Investigators:
Goetz, Andrew
Ratner, Keith
- Start Date: 20080901
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 20090930
- Source Data: RiP Project 19339
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Economic development; Light rail transit; Mixed use development; Public transit; Sustainable development; Transit operating agencies; Transit oriented development; Trip generation
- Identifier Terms: FasTracks (Denver, Colorado)
- Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01462469
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: National Center for Intermodal Transportation
- Files: UTC, RiP
- Created Date: Jan 3 2013 2:04PM