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Planning For Passenger Rail In Small Cities And Towns, Alyssa R. Larose
Planning For Passenger Rail In Small Cities And Towns, Alyssa R. Larose
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
Projects to expand the passenger rail network in the United States will connect major metropolitan areas over long distances, travelling through smaller communities along the way. Transit-oriented development (TOD) is a concept for planning around stations to support transit and allow the development of dense, mixed use, walkable places. TOD literature focuses largely on developing around transit in metropolitan areas. Guidance for small towns and cities in rural areas is lacking.
This thesis compares best planning practices from TOD literature to the planning practices of small cities located in rural areas of New England where new passenger rail service or …