{"id":920,"date":"2015-06-01T20:11:45","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T20:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/develop.mtopp.org\/?p=920"},"modified":"2021-01-19T20:25:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T20:25:41","slug":"transit-oriented-development-tod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/index.php\/2015\/06\/01\/transit-oriented-development-tod\/","title":{"rendered":"Transit Oriented Development, Why It Hurts"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Transit Oriented Development “TOD”<\/strong>
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Definition<\/strong><\/h6>

One of the major avenues<\/strong> created to redesign neighborhoods<\/strong> all throughout America <\/strong>is based upon transit<\/strong>. \u00a0In some communities these transit<\/strong> lines are created <\/strong>and in others they already exist<\/strong>.\u00a0 This has become known as Transit Oriented Development “TOD”.<\/strong><\/p>

Definition of TOD<\/strong>, mixed -use, higher density development<\/strong> oriented towards public transit<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>

In order words: Residential <\/em><\/strong>development on<\/em> streets <\/em><\/strong>with<\/em> transit (bus, train) access<\/em><\/strong>!<\/p>

However, there have been grave repercussions <\/strong>to these developments, suffered<\/strong> by the residents <\/strong>who precede in these communities of color, <\/strong>which has been supported by HUD <\/strong>in their document called Sustainable Development<\/strong> which states development along transit corridors “has the potential to spur gentrification and displace residents in low- and moderate-income areas.” This is the same type of development<\/strong> that City Planning <\/strong>has modeled after East New York<\/strong> and proposed <\/strong>to institute here <\/strong>in our community.<\/p>

What MTOPP has done is given you<\/strong> a quick overview <\/strong>of what has been the result of TOD, <\/strong>that has taken place in four Communities in America. <\/strong><\/p>

Please look at the Transit Oriented Development in America chart<\/a><\/strong> as a quick reference<\/strong>.<\/p>

Seattle\u2019s Historic International District<\/strong><\/h6>

This is an Asian immigrant<\/strong> population, who\u2019s primary issue, was the affordable<\/strong> units being built in the form of skyscrapers<\/strong> was not only not forth coming<\/strong>, because construction cost<\/strong> of building tall building was a major issue<\/strong>, but it windup causing major displacement<\/strong> of affordable housing <\/strong>and elimination<\/strong> of the small mom and pop businesses<\/strong>. (Sounds like Hamilton perception that Empire Blvd. <\/strong>will never have affordable<\/strong> because the land is too expensive<\/strong>!)<\/p>

San Francisco\u2019s Mission District<\/strong><\/h6>

A very well establish Latino<\/strong> community, where evictions<\/strong> of tenants reached record numbers <\/strong>and entire communities<\/strong> were transformed in just a few years<\/strong>,\u00a0while the city approved<\/strong> larger and larger development projects<\/strong>. (Sounds like De Blasio\u2019s adding on another 130,000 \u201cmarket rate\u201d development to the current 80,000 and the transformation of Williamsburg)<\/p>

Los Angeles\u2019 Boyle Heights<\/strong><\/h6>

Predominately a Latino<\/strong> Community, where they had to organized<\/strong> and take transit to court <\/strong>to ensure that the needs of the community was addressed<\/strong>, but despite this they still faced the lost of small businesses<\/strong> and residents <\/strong>to the development along the railroad line. (Sounds like MTOPP organizing and going to court<\/strong> to address community\u2019s concerns<\/strong>)<\/p>

The Twin Cities: St. Paul and Minneapolis<\/strong><\/h6>

Mainly an African-American population, <\/strong>who\u2019s political s<\/strong>ystem shut out the community <\/strong>in the planning process<\/strong>, with meetings being held but the community<\/strong> not being listened to <\/strong>and appointed representatives<\/strong> not<\/strong> being accountable<\/strong>\u00a0to the community.<\/strong>\u00a0 (Sounds like CB9 <\/strong>and City Planning<\/strong> listening forums and violations<\/strong> of various laws<\/strong> to deter involvement<\/strong>!)<\/p>

It is clear from these examples and the ones right here <\/strong>In NYC<\/strong> that TOD <\/strong>displaces low and moderate income families <\/strong>destroys neighborhoods<\/strong> and small mom and pop Business in communities primarily of color.<\/strong><\/p>

MTOPP sees this as systematic systemic racism<\/strong>. And will fight this in the courts<\/strong> as well as in the streets. <\/strong>We have to protect <\/strong>our communities, our homes, our businesses, from a system<\/strong> covered in political corruption<\/strong> and fueled by corporate greed<\/strong>!<\/p>

MTOPP states very loud and very clear that we have the right<\/strong> and the obligation <\/strong>To fight<\/strong> for the people<\/strong>, to stop the harm created b<\/strong>y development<\/strong> which has been proven time and time again to cause undo harm to thousands<\/strong> of people of color <\/strong>All throughout America<\/strong>!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Definition One of the major avenues created to redesign neighborhoods all throughout America is based upon transit. \u00a0In some communities these transit lines are created and in others they already exist.\u00a0 This has become known as Transit Oriented Development “TOD”. Definition of TOD, mixed -use, higher density development oriented towards […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,9,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates","category-fight-against-rezoning","category-knowledge-is-power"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=920"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":935,"href":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920\/revisions\/935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}