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Looks like they are going to be jumping on the 'carbon credit' thing:

Transit Village Criteria

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A good candidate should strive to minimize automobile use by maximizing the appeal of transit. One example of this is the

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Transit Villages

New Urban Livable Communities

TRANSIT VILLAGES are dense urban communities well served by transit and high quality train systems. They make it easy to live without a car - by riding transit and walking through pleasant urban environments. Transit Villages have active, vibrant, and strong neighborhood centers focused around transit.

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Transit Villages are the coming trend in community planning, and are welcomed by everyone as offering a higher quality of life for all.

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TRANSIT VILLAGES are a major solution to the serious and growing problems of peak oil and global warming by creating dense, walkable communities connected to a train line that greatly reduces the need for driving and the burning of fossil fuels.

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The transit village is a compact, mixed-use, walkable community, centered around the transit station that, by design, invites residents, workers, visitors, and shoppers to drive their cars less and ride mass transit more. Bernick and Cervero set forth certain criteria that should be followed when planning a transit village:

• The transit village extends roughly a quarter mile from a transit station, a distance that can be covered in about 5 minutes by foot.
• The centerpiece of the transit village is the transit station itself and the civic and public spaces that surround it.
• The transit station is what connects village residents and workers to the rest of the region, providing convenient and ready access to downtown, major activity centers like a sports stadium, and other popular destinations.
• The surrounding public spaces or open grounds serve the important function of being a community gathering spot, a site for special events, and a place for celebrations.

This is New Urbanism on a train line.

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