Is this Transit Oriented Development (TOD) ?

Aerial footage of the Maeklong Rail Market, Thailand. Captured by the talented Demas Rusli ( Instagram, Twitter).

What do we know about Transit Oriented Development (TOD)?

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For those interested in what Transit Oriented Development (TOD) can and cannot do to promote more sustainable and inclusive cities, there are two brand new papers reviwing decades of TOD reseach and policy. These papers should probably be added to that neverending reading pile.

• Jamme, H. T., et al. (2019). A Twenty-Five-Year Biography of the TOD Concept: From Design to Policy, Planning, and Implementation. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 39(4), 409-428.
  
  
• Ibraeva, A. et al. (2020) Transit-oriented development: A review of research achievements and challenges. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. 132, 110-130

The TOD of Curitiba, Brazil

credit: Rafael Pereira via Google Maps

What happens when the idea of integrating transport and land use is taken a bit too far

Transport Oriented Development (TOD) in Chongqing, China. I saw this via Paola Castaneda