ABSTRACT
With gross densities and auto ownership similar to the United States, Canadian and Australian cities have three or more times the transit ridership. These cities have managed to create conditions favorable to transit. About 50 manuals on transit-oriented development (TOD) are now available in North America, with many more to come. In a Florida first, the city of South Miami rewrote its development code to promote transit-oriented development around a Metrorail stop. New design standards have been adopted, and development incentives are offered for underground parking, public plazas, pedestrian arcades, and projects mixing three or more land uses. In early conceptual planning, the TOD contains a mixed-use town center, with apartments above and shops below, ringed by offices, apartment buildings, and small-lot single-family neighborhoods. Park-and-ride can be successful in suburban settings, if certain conditions are met. While Florida has many park-and-ride lots , most offer little in the way of security or amenities.
