Strengthening Transit Through Community PartnershipsOne emerging part of the urban planner’s toolbox is transit-oriented development (TOD). As our culture shifts, with more and more people opting to live in dense, urban neighborhoods and renouncing automobiles, the urban landscape must respond.
One problem is population per household. According to a report by the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT), the average household size in the region decreased by 2%, but that attrition was over 5% near transit in one ten-year period. This indicates that households near transit are increasingly single occupants, childless couples, empty-nesters or other small household types.