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Massachusetts Releases Emergency Guidelines Concerning MBTA Communities Act Zoning

Massachusetts’s Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) issued emergency guidelines for the implementation and enforcement of the MBTA Communities Act, following on the heels of the Massachusetts Supreme...more

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Balancing Local Control and State Mandates: The Implications of the MBTA Communities Act Ruling

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The state’s highest court has affirmed the Legislature’s power to force towns to adopt denser, transit-friendly zoning. In 2021, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Communities Act (G. L. c. 40A, § 3A)...more

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Navigating High-Density Development Under HB24-1313: The Transit‑Oriented Development Act

On May 13, 2024, Governor Jared Polis signed House Bill 24-1313 (HB24-1313) into law. This act incentivizes transit-oriented development (TOD) by providing $35 million in grants to transit-oriented communities (TOCs) to help...more

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Exporting Florida’s P3 Successes (And Which Should We Import?)

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Earlier this month, the Biden administration agreed to provide financial support to Brightline West, which will be a privately operated high-speed inter-city rail system connecting Las Vegas and Southern California. As its...more

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Recent California Court Ruling Signals Victory for Advocates of Mixed-Use Neighborhoods and Greater Housing Density

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On December 17, 2021, the Los Angeles Superior Court issued a victory to the City of Los Angeles (the City) when it struck down a challenge to the City’s Exposition Corridor Transit Neighborhood Plan (Expo Plan) brought by...more

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Sustainable Development and Land Use Update - May 2021 #2

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Governor Newsom signs bill expediting the environmental review process for certain housing projects - Courthouse News Service – May 20 - California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed into law Senate Bill 7,...more

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Sustainable Development and Land Use Update - August 2020 #2

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L.A. aims to increase affordable housing with proposed zoning changes - Daily Breeze – August 6 - The Los Angeles Department of City Planning last Thursday released plans for an incentive-based zoning system for...more

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COVID-19 and the Future of Transportation in California

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On July 23, 2020, the California Transportation Foundation convened a panel of transportation professionals for the webinar “Transportation Outlook: Moving Beyond COVID-19.” The panelists discussed the impacts of the...more

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Sustainable Development and Land Use Update - February 2020 #4

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California lawmakers eye limits on housing project fees - Associated Press – February 25 - In their latest bid to combat California’s affordable housing crisis, state lawmakers this Monday announced a package of bills...more

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Opinion: Miami-area tourists will be the big winners during Super Bowl week

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As Super Bowl fans arrive in the Miami area, final preparations are underway from Hard Rock Stadium to Bayfront Park to the Miami Beach Convention Center, and everywhere in between. But it’s the progress over the past decade...more

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Rapid Transit Zones in Miami-Dade County

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Land use and zoning attorneys, Stanley B. Price and Anthony De Yurre, explore the history of rapid transit zones in Miami-Dade County and what challenges developers face in the expansion of rapid transit impact zones today....more

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U.S. P3 Market Year in Review

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2019 was a banner year for public-private partnerships ("P3s") in the United States. More states than ever have enacted P3-enabling legislation. While many of these are transportation-related, it is clear that funding...more

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Big Changes in the Village of Westbury: Zoning Amendment Sows the Seeds for New Transit-Oriented Development

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On December 5, 2019, the Village of Westbury Board of Trustees adopted legislation creating the Maple Union Transit-Oriented Development District (or “Maple Union TOD”)....more

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New Mobility Public-Private Partnerships May Address Transportation Gaps in the Future

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A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of again attending CoMotion LA. Spearheaded by John Rossant, CoMotion LA brings together leaders and innovators of new solutions to solve the mobility issues of our modern world. One of...more

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Connecting Housing and Transportation for Livable Cities

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom sent a strong warning to cities and counties early this year: Meet your state housing goals or forfeit your Senate Bill 1, or “Gas Tax,” road repair dollars. Originally published in...more

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Hillsborough County Voters Pass Transportation Surtax – And Now It’s June…

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In November 2018, more than 57 percent of Hillsborough County voters approved the imposition of a 1 percent sales tax designed to improve the county’s transportation infrastructure and transit service. The tax, enacted...more

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Town of Hempstead Adopts Sweeping Zoning Changes to Encourage Transit-Oriented Development in North Lawrence and Inwood

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The Hempstead Town Board recently approved a sweeping rezoning of portions of North Lawrence and Inwood that are designed to encourage mixed-use, commercial and transit-oriented developments....more

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Hillsborough County Voters Pass Transportation Surtax - What Happens Next?

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More than 57 percent of Hillsborough County voters approved the imposition of a 1 percent sales tax designed to improve the County’s transportation infrastructure and transit service. ...more

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New Law Provides Land Use Authority to BART to Create Transit-Oriented Development Near Stations

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On September 30, 2018, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 2923, which gives the Bay Area Rapid Transit District land use authority for transit-oriented development on the land it already owns near existing and...more

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Florida Blazing the Trail for P3 Legislation

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We have previously blogged about the many recent legislative developments in Florida and the Miami area, with a focus on legislation that is designed to facilitate public/private development projects (P3). ...more

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Leveraging Public Funding for Mass Transit With P3s

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We have previously written about Miami-Dade County’s proposed SMART plan, a massive, six-corridor expansion of the existing heavy rail system, and the benefits of delivering all or portions of the project as a public-private...more

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New Ordinance Facilitates Downtown Mass Transit and P3s

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We recently wrote about Miami-Dade County’s proposed resolution that would designate the areas within the County’s SMART Plan corridors as “Areas of Countywide Significance.”...more

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Parking Impacts Warrant Only Limited Consideration under CEQA for Infill Projects in Transit Priority Areas - Court Upholds City...

Parking impacts (as distinguished from secondary impacts related to parking) associated with infill development in transit priority areas are exempt from environmental review under certain circumstances, a California...more

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