A contractor's report conducted for the AASHTO Standing Committee on the Environment with funding provided through the National Cooperative Highway Research Program Project 25-25.

The research described in this report addresses the role that State Departments Transportation (DOTs) can play in supporting transit-oriented (TOD). The research was conducted for the American Association Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Standing Committee Environment (SCOE). The report includes four components:

• Section 1.0 defines TOD, provides an overview of its benefits, reasons why state DOTs may have an interest in supporting TOD;
• Section 2.0 provides an overview of municipal practices that and discusses why public sector intervention is needed;
  
• Section 3.0 describes activities that have recently been undertaken by state DOTs to directly or indirectly support local TOD implementation efforts; and
  
• Section 4.0 presents recommendations for how state DOTs can support TOD through their policies, programs, and projects.

External Links:

More Information: nepa.fhwa.dot.gov/ReNEPA/ReNepa.nsf/docs/2B78F518AE0E480A8525716000450621?opendocument&Group=Transportation%20Issues&tab=REFERENCE

Further Reading:

NCHRP Project 25-25(20) - The Role of State DOTs in Support of Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) - Full Report [PDF]