WHAT IS TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT (TOD)?

Transit Oriented Development may be a hot topic right now, but history shows that the concept isn't new. In fact, it's a concept as old as civilization itself. Since the beginning of time, people have lived, worked, and found their recreation near transportation corridors and crossroads.

In Europe, it's commonplace to live in areas where people walk everywhere -- to work, to shop, to attend cultural venues, and to visit parks and more. And now in the United States, people-oriented and transit-oriented places are also gaining in popularity.

- The Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG)

“TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT  is the exciting new fast growing trend in creating vibrant, livable communities. Also known as Transit Oriented Design, or TOD, it is the creation of compact, walkable communities centered around high quality train systems. This makes it possible to live a higher quality life without complete dependence on a car for mobility and survival.”

 – TransitOrientedDevelopment.org

"Transit Oriented Development as an approach to combat traffic congestion and protect the environment has caught on all across the country.  The trick for real estate developers has always been identifying the hot transportation system.  Today, highways are out; urban transit systems are in." 

 -The Urban Land Institute (ULI)

WHY RIVERHEAD FOR TOD?

- Vintage Square at Riverhead TOD creates seamless, intermodal, interstate transportation via rail, trolley and ferry from Manhattan to New England.

- Downtown Riverhead already has rail and county bus service meeting at one location.

- Cars parking at Vintage Square Riverhead are at the practical outer western service distance for trolley transit to the Orient ferry.

- Passengers parked at Vintage Square Riverhead for the SeaJet Ferry stay off North Fork roads equating to 158,340 less vehicles on the road each

   year reducing traffic caused by walk on ferry passengers by 94.5 percent reducing air pollution.

- Riverhead, with the addition of Vintage Square, meets all of the requirements for “Components of Transit Oriented Development”.

COMPONENTS OF TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT

-  Train station as prominent feature of town center

-  Reduced and managed parking inside 10-minute walk circle around town center / train station

-  High density, high-quality development within 10-minute walk circle surrounding train station

-  A regional node containing a mixture of uses in close proximity including office, residential, retail, and civic uses

-  Collector support transit systems including trolleys, buses, etc

-  Walkable design with pedestrian as the highest priority