Tools Overview
These tools include those that were developed through the Center for Transit-Oriented Development’s TOD Typology project as well as others that can be used to analyze the state of TOD in Los Angeles.
Station Profile Sheets: Created for all existing and under construction station areas, the station profile sheets consolidate demographic, design, performance data and more at the station area level. These sheets inform local decision-making, helping practitioners tailor implementation and investment strategies to local conditions. Included on the station profile sheets are:
- Assessment of current station area performance measures, including existing transit ridership, mode to work data, and auto ownership rates.
- A station area look at urban design factors limiting the potential to walk, bike, and take transit, including block size and mobility barriers.
- An evaluation of development potential, usingdata from the County of Los Angeles with individual parcel-level information. This data is useful in determining where significant transformation might be possible.
- Factors used to evaluate neighborhood change, helpful when determining where investments are needed to stabilize a neighborhood that is experiencing displacement, disinvestment, or other unwanted demographic shifts.
- Existing and expiring affordable housing units, illustrating both stations lacking in public investment in affordable housing and those where expiring units may create vulnerable populations.
- A comparison of each station to the region. This tool provides a regional context for the station area level data.
- Station profile sheets are available from the links at left.
Regional Screen Maps: These maps evaluate similar factors to the station profiles at a regional scale. Regional evaluation can help the City to prioritize areas for particular types of investment. Regional level analysis is also important when examining transit’s connection to economic development, especially considering the proximity of jobs to transit andthe relationship between transit ridership and employment sectors. Available here: http://latod.reconnectingamerica.org/
Baseline TOD Typology Matrix: The TOD Typology Matrix categorizes 70+ existing and planned transit stations in Los Angeles into nine station area place types, ,based on the existing intensity of each station area, as well as the mix of residents and employees. Stations which share place types may use similar strategies to create successful transit-oriented districts. Available here.
CTOD National TOD Database: Developed in collaboration with the Federal Transit Administration, the CTOD National TOD Database includes US Census and ridership data for over 4,200 existing and planned fixed-guideway transit stations, regularized to the ½-mile radius around each station. The database provides the ability to quickly gather station area level data and to compare station conditions across the city and with other regions around the country. Available Summer 2010.
Housing + Transportation Cost Index: The H+T index models the combined cost of housing and transportation for households in all 337 metropolitan regions in the United States. Data and maps are available at http://www.htaindex.org
CALots: Land Opportunity Tracking System serves as an interactive web-portal for users to query and spatially map infill development opportunities around transit in Los Angeles. Users such as planners and developers can now access and utilize this information to perform analysis across the region and also assess the potential for station area development. Accessible here.
LEHD On the Map: Provided by the US Census Bureau: On The Mapprovides detailed maps showing where workers are employed and where they live with companion reports on age, earnings, industry distribution, and local workforce indicators. A total of 47 states are currently featured showing data for seven years (2002 through 2008). On the Map is available here.
Mixed-Income TOD Action Guide: This Action Guide is a tool for local jurisdictions working to foster mixed-income TOD around planned transit stations. The goal of this guide is to help practitioners identify the most appropriate and effective planning tools for achieving MITOD in their transit station area. Sponsored by the FTA, this guide comes out of work by the Center for TOD and, the Center for Community Innovation, and the Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California that found that focusing housing development near transit creates affordability for a broader range of incomes than the market would otherwise provide. This will be available at www.mitod.org.
Mapping Susceptibility to Gentrification: The Early Warning Toolkit can help communities identify whether their neighborhood is susceptible to gentrification as reinvestment occurs. This report, authored by Professor Karen Chapple, UC Berkeley, identifies a set of screens including demographics, housing characteristics, transit accessibility, and neighborhood amenities that can identify neighborhoods that may be susceptible to gentrification. Available here.
TOD 202 Series: Developed as a series of best practice guides, both “Mixed-Income Housing Near Transit: Increasing Affordability with Location Efficiency” and “Transit and Employment: Increasing Transit’s Share of the Commute Trip” are available at www.reconnectingamerica.org.
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Regional
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Used in Report on Pages
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Station Profile Sheets
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28-29, 37-41, 43-44, 53-54
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Regional Maps
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22-25, 46-49, 51-52, 55-57
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Baseline Typology
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18-19, 30-33, 54
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TOD Database
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station profile sheets and regional maps
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H+T Affordability Index
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station profile sheets and regional maps
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CA LOTS
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LEHD On the Map
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MITOD Action Guide
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Mapping Susceptibility
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n/a
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TOD 202 Series
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