Public Outreach

Urban Innovations is a cohesive company that understands the importance of community and their support of development. Here are some of the advantages to Transit Oriented Development:

More Affordable Housing – Costs for land and housing structures can be significantly reduced through more compact growth patterns. TOD can supply more affordable and more easily accessible housing.

More Disposable Income – Next to housing, transportation is the second largest household expense. By driving less, especially with the escalating price of gasoline, parking, tolls, etc., thousands of dollars can be saved annually by each household. Household driving rates can be reduced by 20-40% for those living, working and shopping by transit stations. As vehicle miles traveled go down, so do vehicle-related costs such as wear and tear on streets and highways, damage due to accidents, etc. Also, compact and infill development patterns provided by TOD verses “sprawl” can reduce infrastructure costs for expanding water, sewage and roads by up to 25%.

More Transportation Choices – More mobility choices are created, especially in congested metropolitan areas. This allows young people, the elderly, people who prefer not to drive and those who don’t own cars the ability to get around.

Safer and Healthier Community - Walkable and bikeable communities promote healthy lifestyles for residents and a more active “eyes on the street” safer environment throughout the day and evening. Properly designed pedestrian facilities also increase safety by decreasing accidents involving pedestrians and automobiles.

Reduced Pollution and Energy Consumption – By reducing the use of automobiles, households significantly reduce their rates of air pollution and energy consumption.

Economic Revitalization – TOD can be the catalyst to revitalize aging downtowns, declining urban neighborhoods and brownfields, thereby helping to reduce crime, enhance tax revenues and improve the quality of life in the community. These revitalized traditional towns preserve the investment a community has already made in public infrastructure, historic assets, community institutions, and social networks.

Conserve Land and Open Space – Because TOD consumes less land than low-density, auto-oriented growth, it reduces the need to convert farmland and open spaces to development. Environmental resources are preserved and protected when development is focused in existing communities already effectively served by transit with infrastructure basically in place.

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