1. TRANSIT-ORIENTED
DEVELOPMENT:
AN INVESTMENT
IN OUR FUTURE
Environmental Initiative – Policy Forum Series

2. Involving more businesses in TOD
• Change our language
– Less jargon
– Outcome focused
– Profit opportunity
• Simplify
– One-stop shopping
– Available data
– Future plans

3. TOD is about Choices

4. Excelsior & Grand

5. Excelsior & Grand

6. Midtown Exchange

7. Transportation Alternatives

8. Demographics – Population by Age
Seniors – 20% (2040)
Seniors Doubled by 2030
More 65+ than <15
Seniors – 11% (2010)
770,000
665,000
461,000
307,000
Ages 65+
1,754,000
Ages 1,644,000 1,668,000
1,579,000
25-64
Ages 515,000
15-24 384,000 441,000 475,000
Ages 0-14 581,000 598,000 639,000 704,000
2010 2020 2030 2040

9. Connections to Consumers

10. Connections to Employees

11. Economy
Courtesy: New York Times

12. Expense

13. Environment

14. Resources
• Livable Communities Fund
– Mixed use development
– Affordable housing
– Brownfield cleanup
• TOD Fund
– Economic development along transit corridors
where there is, or will be, transit infrastructure and
high-frequency transit service.

15. Development Transportation

16. Thriving, Competitive
Twin Cities Metropolitan Area