Station Area projects in Europe and Beyond: Towards Transit Oriented Development?

Bertolini, Luca; Curtis, Carey; Renne, John L.

doi:10.2148/benv.38.1.31

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“…The main goal of such policies is to encourage highdensity, mixed-use, pedestrian-and bicycle-friendly environments, in combination with improved transit systems to promote transit use (Bertolini, Curtis, & Renne, 2012;Cervero, 2007). Examples include rezoning, density bonuses, marketing of air rights and available excess land around transit nodes combined with level of service improvements, such as higher frequencies or speed.…”

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Long-term impacts of transport infrastructure networks on land-use change: an international review of empirical studies

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Improvements in geographical information systems, the wider availability of high-resolution digital data and more sophisticated econometric techniques have all contributed to increasing academic interest and activity in long-term impacts of transport infrastructure networks (TINs) on land use (LU). This paper provides a systematic review of recent empirical evidence from the USA, Europe and East Asia, classified regarding the type of transport infrastructure (road or rail), LU indicator (land cover, population or employment density, development type) and outcome (significance, relationship's direction) as well as influential exogenous factors. Proximity to the rail network is generally associated with population growth (particularly soon after the development of railway infrastructure), conversion to residential uses and the development of higher residential densities. Meanwhile, proximity to the road network is frequently associated with increases in employment densities as well as the conversion of land to a variety of urban uses including commercial and industrial development. Compared with road infrastructure, the impact of rail infrastructure is often less significant for land cover or population and employment density change. The extent of TINs' impact on LU over time can be explained by the saturation in TIN-related accessibility and LU development. ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: The Role Of Other Factorsmentioning

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Long-term impacts of transport infrastructure networks on land-use change: an international review of empirical studies

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“…4 The interviewees' comments revealed that these factors are driven by various fears about the past and the future. As mentioned earlier, the quest for sustainable development patterns and the shifting spatial dynamics of contemporary society, in addition to technological innovations in transit and logistics and privatization reforms in rail transit, help explain the resurgence of TOD in other European countries (Bertolini et al, 2012).…”

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“…streetcar suburbs) that date back more than a century (see for example Warner, 1962;Kellet, 1969). Some authors have argued that the concept of TOD has been rediscovered in Europe due to a combination of factors including technological innovations in transit and logistics, privatization reforms in rail transit, the quest for sustainable development patterns, and the shifting spatial dynamics of contemporary society (Bertolini et al, 2012).…”

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Dutch planning policy: The resurgence of TOD

Pojani

Stead

2014

Land Use Policy

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a b s t r a c tThis article examines the transfer of knowledge and information in planning processes, particularly those related to Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) in the metropolitan region of Amsterdam. The authors conclude that knowledge transfers are often highly dependent on the actions of individuals, and that the process of knowledge exchange is frequently uncoordinated and fragmented. Planning ideas from elsewhere often provide inspiration for policy makers but these do not often lead to changes in the formulation of policy or practice.

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“…We use a scientific viewpoint to examine empirical uses of the smart city concept in the context of the ongoing transformations of railway station areas. These areas are under increasing spatial pressure and are in need of quality improvement to meet the changing needs and demands regarding the node and place value of contemporary transportation hubs (Bertolini, Curtis, and Renne 2012). Consequently, the ambitions and characteristics of the smart city concept can be connected to the desire to improve the quality of railway station areas.…”

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How smart is smart? Theoretical and empirical considerations on implementing smart city objectives – a case study of Dutch railway station areas

Wijs

Witte

Geertman

2016

Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research

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The current widespread attention on the concept of smart city in both policy and practice has stimulated academic discussion regarding the scope and applicability of this concept. An important question is whether cities and regions are truly advanced in implementing the concept in their policies and practices relative to its conceptual elaborations in academia. The aim of this paper is to analyse this congruence between theory and practice in the context of the ongoing transformations of railway station areas in European urban regions. Based on in-depth interviewing using aspects of Q-methodology, this paper investigates whether and how smart city concepts are implemented by stakeholders in three station redevelopment projects in the Netherlands. The results show that the current implementation of smart city concepts in practice is varied but modest and not (yet) very advanced. Knowledge exchange and innovations are currently hampered by a lack of acceptance and knowhow among stakeholders, as well as by institutional and competitive constraints. For instance, stakeholders stress that data privacy regulations should be well organized before further implementation can occur. Transparency about how and what data are used may create more willingness among users to assist in developing and accepting new data technologies. However, the technologies are not yet completely developed, and concerns about the "loss" of personal privacy are holding back the widespread and advanced use of data supplied technologies. Although stakeholders seem to be aware of the opportunities the smart city concept offers, for now, the widespread implementation of innovative and advanced smart city concepts remains in the future.Keywords: smart city; smart governance; railway station areas; Q-methodology; stakeholders IntroductionIn recent years, the concept of the "smart city" has been taken up by many city leaders, IT companies and scholars worldwide, resulting in a flurry of professional (e.g., ARUP 2010; Washburn and Sindhu 2010), popular (Greenfield 2013;Townsend 2013) and scholarly (Deakin 2011; Glasmeier and Christopherson 2015) publications on the topic. To an increasing extent, both practitioners and policy-makers proclaim that their cities and regions are "smart", a designation exemplified by, for example, smart city events and Research, 2016 Vol. 29, No. 4, 424-441, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13511610.2016 rankings of smart cities. For example, Utrecht is one of the most competitive European regions and develops many smart projects related to climate policy, traffic, services, life sciences and gaming (The New Economy 2014). Amsterdam has its own smart city portal on which it promotes initiatives such as a 3D-printed canal house and a selfreliant sustainable energy network for the entire city. Such examples raise the expectation that these cities and regions are rather advanced in implementing the smart city concept in their policies and practices. The question remains, however, as to whether this is truly the case and whether co...

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Station Area projects in Europe and Beyond: Towards Transit Oriented Development?

Cited by 98 publications

References 24 publications

Long-term impacts of transport infrastructure networks on land-use change: an international review of empirical studies

Long-term impacts of transport infrastructure networks on land-use change: an international review of empirical studies

Dutch planning policy: The resurgence of TOD

How smart is smart? Theoretical and empirical considerations on implementing smart city objectives – a case study of Dutch railway station areas

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