Transit Oriented Development: A Strategy For An Effective Urban Growth

Research Article
Sara Shafiei and Nagendra H.N
DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2018.0908.2467
Subject: 
science
KeyWords: 
Transit-Oriented Development (TOD), Public Transportation, Bus Rapid Transit, Urban Growth
Abstract: 

Today, obstacles such as air pollution, traffic congestion, and high transport expenses, etc. have led to lower quality of life in cities, especially in metropolitan areasand struggle to accommodate more growth and development though the city has its own potential for growth. For this reason, it has been many years to come up with solutions to improve this situation by the experts of urban authorities.One of the ways which can solve this issue is the use of public transport with transitoriented development.The goal of this paper is to consider the challenges of the use of public transport with transit-oriented development (TOD) specifically with the emphasis on the use of bus and rail transportusing a descriptive-analytical method.The main question is, whether TOD can be used as a good solution to the current problems of the cities? The hypothesis is, whether using TOD can improve the current situation of cities to some extent or not?The result is that both methods have advantages and disadvantages.For instance, the use of Bus and BRT is suitable for smaller population size lower population density areas and less costly for implementation and operation. But successful implementation of TOD based on the bus is more difficult for longer cities than an implementation of TOD based on rail. Also, the cost of implementing rail transport during the implementation the project costishigh, but fora longtime, this will be beneficial for the city.Hence, this paper attempted to create a dynamic, energetic, and vibrant central business district in urban areas through integration with other land use and transport-oriented development.