TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM NUMBER ONE: CONDITIONS OF SUCCESSFUL STATION AREA DEVELOPMENT. ENABLING STATION AREA DEVELOPMENT IN FLORIDA: TOWARDS MORE COST EFFECTIVE RAIL TRANSIT INVESTMENT

This technical memorandum will identify what makes rail transit stations area development successful, where opportunities exist in Florida for such development, and what actions need to be taken to facilitate this type of development. A brief discussion will be provided of the research approach used. The range of definitions of station area development is examined; station area developments are examined in a variety of forms and contexts; and the importance of the legal and institutional context in aiding or hindering station area development is examined. Finally, a summary of conditions favoring "best practices" of stations area development concludes this memorandum.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transit Solutions

  4612 Evanston Avenue North
  Seattle, WA  United States  98103

  University of South Florida, Tampa

  Center for Urban Transportation Research, 4202 East Fowler Avenue
  Tampa, FL  United States  33620-5375

  Florida Department of Transportation

  Office of Public Transportation, 605 Suwannee Street
  Tallahassee, FL  United States  32399-0450
• Publication Date: 1998-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; References;
• Pagination: 121 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Best practices; Land use planning; Legal constraints; Private enterprise; Public participation; Rail transit stations; Strategic planning; Sustainable development
• Geographic Terms: Florida
• Subject Areas: Construction; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00797547
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: WPI 0510873
• Contract Numbers: BB-346
• Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 28 2000 12:00AM