Transit-Oriented Development

Boston Fairmount Corridor Vision

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A collaborative planning team formed by four community development corporations created a vision for new, urban villages on vacant, underutilized and brownfield sites along Boston’s most underused commuter rail line -- a 10-mile transportation corridor stretching from downtown to the suburbs. The neighborhoods affected by the plan have some of the city’s highest poverty levels, the greatest dependence on public transportation, and the worst access to transit service. The plan calls for an enhanced rail line with new stations that will allow for higher-density affordable housing, better access to jobs, and for a greenway linking parks and recreational destinations.
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Boston Fairmount Corridor Challenge

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Targeted for a coordinated transit-oriented revitalization, the neighborhoods along Boston's Fairmount commuter-rail line have some of the city’s highest poverty levels, the greatest dependence on public transportation, and the worst access to transit service. The plan calls for an enhanced rail line with new stations that will allow for higher-density affordable housing, better access to jobs, and for a greenway linking parks and recreational destinations.
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Arch at Del Mar Station

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An arch frames an arriving Gold Line train at Del Mar Station.
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Columbia Heights street view

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Mixon Avenue Perspective Plan I

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The projects urban form is a dense, mixed-use, walkable neighborhood built in an area designed by leaders in the Garden City and City Beautiful movements. Narrow streets, courtyards, pocket gardens, and plazas comprise an improved public realm.
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Mixon Avenue Perspective Plan II

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The projects urban form is a dense, mixed-use, walkable neighborhood built in an area designed by leaders in the Garden City and City Beautiful movements. Narrow streets, courtyards, pocket gardens, and plazas comprise an improved public realm.
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Mixon Avenue Perspective Plan

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The projects urban form is a dense, mixed-use, walkable neighborhood built in an area designed by leaders in the Garden City and City Beautiful movements. Narrow streets, courtyards, pocket gardens, and plazas comprise an improved public realm.
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A Civic Vision for the Riverfront, Perspective Plan II

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This riverfront plan seeks to reverse the trend of regional expansion through the greenfield development of 1,100 acres of land stretching over seven miles at the center of the city.
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A Civic Vision for the Riverfront, perspective street plan

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his riverfront plan seeks to reverse the trend of regional expansion through the greenfield development of 1,100 acres of land stretching over seven miles at the center of the city.A new grid is proposed, one that connects neighborhoods to the riverfront and new civic boulevards with mass transportation that is part of a regional network of traffic and transportation that supports compact, pedestrian-friendly mixed-use development.
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A Civic Vision for the Riverfront, Perspective Plan

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This riverfront plan seeks to reverse the trend of regional expansion through the greenfield development of 1,100 acres of land stretching over seven miles at the center of the city.
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