Transit-Oriented Development:

Strategies to Promote Vibrant Communities

by Elizabeth Ridlington, Frontier Group; Brad Heavner, MaryPIRG Foundation

Executive Summary

Transit-oriented development—mixed residential and commercial districts that allow residents to walk, drive or ride transit—can improve quality of life in urban areas and encourage more compact development. Transit-Oriented Development: Strategies to Promote Vibrant Communities offers guidelines for successful transit-oriented development projects and identifies a number of locations in Maryland where such development could occur.

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