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Ph.D. Associate professor, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
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M.Sc. in Urban and Regional Planning. Tehran, Iran .
Abstract
Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) is one of the most prominent urban development approaches that have appeared over the past few decades. It mainly focuses on the relationship between public transportation and urban development. The cornerstones of this approach include enhancing the quality of local urban designs, increasing mixed-use areas, expanding social interactions, encouraging people to drive less and use other mediums that are more compatible with public transportation services such as bicycles and commuting on foot. A look at the first generation of TODs in developed countries has revealed many barriers that are believed to have strongly undermined the effectiveness of this approach. However, the lack of a comprehensive understanding of this approach and therefore ignoring its principles through urban development regulations still remains as its main challenges. This article briefly introduces TOD and its underlying tenets. It then brings into the spotlight the general guidelines for planning TOP projects by discussing the four pivotal principles like compactness, mixed-use areas, pedestrian-oriented development and mobility alternatives.
Behzadfar, M., & Zabihi, M. (2011). Transit-Oriented Development: Plan Making Guideline in Urban Areas. The Monthly Scientific Journal of Bagh-e Nazar, 8(18), -.
MLA
Mostafa Behzadfar; Maryam Zabihi. "Transit-Oriented Development: Plan Making Guideline in Urban Areas". The Monthly Scientific Journal of Bagh-e Nazar, 8, 18, 2011, -.
HARVARD
Behzadfar, M., Zabihi, M. (2011). 'Transit-Oriented Development: Plan Making Guideline in Urban Areas', The Monthly Scientific Journal of Bagh-e Nazar, 8(18), pp. -.
VANCOUVER
Behzadfar, M., Zabihi, M. Transit-Oriented Development: Plan Making Guideline in Urban Areas. The Monthly Scientific Journal of Bagh-e Nazar, 2011; 8(18): -.