Station Typologies

Transit Oriented Development (TOD) station area "typology" recognizes the important differences between places and destinations within regions, and then identifies appropriate performance and descriptive benchmarks for these places. The types of projects that might be appropriate in older neighborhoods close to downtown are different from those that might work in newly growing areas.

The Land Use Working Group (LUWG) has developed Station Typologies for Short Distance Rail, and will be asked to develop typologies for other transit types. The TOD Resource Guide will include Station Typologies for the TBARTA region to help establish a vision for development in the variety of districts surrounding stations.

Station Typologies are usually defined by:

Type of proposed transit (Short Distance Rail, Commuter Rail, Bus Rapid Transit, etc.);
Type of existing development;
Desired mix of land uses;
Desired housing types;
Desired land use density and intensity (number of residents and jobs);
Appropriate scale; and,
Types and amount of parking.

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Documents

TBARTA Short-Distance Rail Transit Station Typologies, DRAFT 5/7/2010

LUWG Comments on TOD Station Area Types and TOD Model Zoning Code, received 3/5/2010

On-going Questions

How should the Short-Distance Rail TOD Station Typologies be different for Long-Distance (Commuter) Rail?
How should the Short-Distance Rail TOD Station Typologies be different for Bus Rapid Transit?
How should the Short-Distance Rail TOD Station Typologies be different for Express Bus?

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