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Forum On Transit Oriented Development


by turfgrrl


September 17th, 2007 · 3 Comments

SWRPA, the agency otherwise known as the South Western Regional Planning Agency is putting on a show, forum to discuss:

Imagine a series of tightly knit communities and a mix of residential and commercial development within an easy walking distance or bicycle ride from a transit center. Sounds like we are dreaming? Not really! These Transit Oriented Developments (TOD) exist across the country. Many neighboring states have already successfully promoted these developments, and now Connecticut is starting to advance the TOD concept with proposed legislative initiatives and budgetary support.

The link to the SWRPA official pdf.

There’s a $10 early registration, $20 day of event and it is being held at the Stmaford UCONN campus from 8:30 to 1pm.

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3 Responses so far “Forum On Transit Oriented Development”



  • 1 MGeake // Sep 17, 2007 at 9:16 am

    As a member of the Accessability Advisory Board of the Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities for the State of Connecticut, I am disappointed that what we see as a solution to our transit problems is walking or biking.

    Of course, our transit system is incredibly handicapped-surly today, so this certainly won’t make it worse.

  • 2 Anonymous // Sep 17, 2007 at 12:28 pm

    It’s totally a show. SWRPA would love to see dense housing near transit hubs in Norwalk and Stamford but that’s pretty much it. SWRPA doesn’t take the lead in any of these things it’s all lip service.

  • 3 Anonymous // Sep 17, 2007 at 1:22 pm

    SWRPA has been selling this idea for a long time now.

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