Integration of Land Use and Transportation — Development around Transit Systems

Urban cities around the world are busy finding ways to manage traffic congestion that increasingly reduces the quality of life of the citizens and the productivity of the city. Many governments of developed countries had already learned that building your way out of congestion is totally cost ineffective and counterproductive, and is certainly not a recommended long-term strategy for congestion management. Instead, transportation professionals are calling the attention of the policymakers to focus on integration of land use and transportation as an effective mean to manage congestion. While coordinated land use planning can certainly help to enhance the movements of people and goods for the two primary modes of transportation, automobiles and public transport, the presentation will concentrate on the public transport sector instead of the highway sector. It will introduce the concept of Transit Oriented Development including background and principles, and the discussion will touch on of the following technical elements: 1 Factors that favoring and hindering development around transit, 2 The elements of Transit-Oriented Planning, 3 Accommodating the terminal/station function, 4 Principles for successful development around stations/terminals.