Planning for TOD by Beginning at the End

It can take many partners, a lot of coordination and a series of small miracles to turn a transit system vision into reality. In the case of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), laying the groundwork for developments that won’t be brick and mortar for 10 years or more requires partnerships between the transit agency, community, city, developers and others. But what does that look like? And what does it take? TOD experts representing different major cities have examples and stories to tell. Hear how they developed partnerships in the early stages of planning to ultimately implement the vision for TOD.

Moderator: Timothy Thornton, Principal Financial Consultant, HDR, Inc., Boise, ID
Tracie Roberson, Project Manager, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), Atlanta, GA
Tim Bates, Senior Project Manager – Transit-Oriented Development, Sound Transit, Seattle, WA
Guy Benn, Program Manager, Transit-Oriented Development, TriMet, Portland, OR