January 20, 2022 - TRA Newswire - Three Texas transit agencies have been awarded grants totaling almost $2 million in a pilot program for planning transit oriented development (TOD) around rail stations. CapMetro in Austin, Trinity Metro in Fort Worth and Dallas...

October 27, 2020 - rejournals.com - Cushman & Wakefield has been engaged by the town of Addison, Texas to solicit proposals for a master developer for an estimated 18-acre high-density, transit-oriented development opportunity within the nationally acclaimed Addison Circle urban district. Cushman &...

July 23, 2020 - TRA Newswire  - A new study looking at construction near Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) light rail stations shows just how productive and important it is to the overall North Texas economy, generating billions of dollars in...

Updated June 13, 2020 - TRA Newswire  - The Federal Transit Administration has awarded Dallas Area Rapid Transit $1 million to plan for transit oriented developments (TOD) at five stations along the Dallas Central Business District as DART continues to work...

December 20, 2019 - DallasInnovates.com - What factors can increase the property value of sites near transit-oriented developments?  A University of Texas at Arlington study identifies the most important factors that can increase housing values near those locations. Ard Anjomani, a UTA professor in the...

October 17, 2019 - DallasMorningNews.com - Construction cranes towering over DART’s SMU-Mockingbird rail station signal the start of a major transit-oriented development. Called Eastline, the 12-acre mixed-use project stretches between North Central Expressway and the DART station and includes high-rise apartments, retail,...

January 12, 2018 - Dian Nostikasari  via The Urban Edge (Houston Chronicle) - People often get excited when it's announced that light rail is coming to their neighborhood. There is an assumption, mostly supported by the research depending on how far...

June 29, 2017 - TRA Newswire - AUSTIN, Texas - Capital Metro and the Endeavor Real Estate Group/Columbus Realty Partners team will host a groundbreaking ceremony on June 28 at the Plaza Saltillo MetroRail Station in East Austin to celebrate the...

November 10, 2016 - NTDaily.com A recent study not yet published by UNT researchers shows that the DART Railway is driving the North Texas Economic Boom carrying a $7 billion impact from new or planned construction. Researchers from the Economics Research Group,...

August 3, 2016 - TRA Comment Somedays you just have to admire the irony. Forbes magazine stringer Scott Beyer, in a July 29 posting on the Forbes.com site charged that "Austin's Commuter Rail Is A Monument to Government Waste." The article described Beyer...