[[Image:TOD near Alewife station (1), July 2005.jpg|thumb|300px|High density development in Cambridge, Massachusetts stimulated by Alewife subway station (right foreground) and TOD zoning. Note the extensive parking above the station, lack of on-street parking, long pedestrian crossing distances, and limited ground-level retail.]] {{Short description|Urban planning prioritising automobiles and transit}} '''Transit-proximate development''' is a term used by some planning officials to describe (potentially dense) development that is physically near a public transport node (e.g. a bus station, train station or metro station). This type of development includes transit-oriented development, but, according to some planning officials, can also describe development that is not transit-oriented development. Thus, transit-proximate development can include results where, despite the location of dense development near transit, the development does not take full advantage of -- or fully encourage the use of -- the public transport node. For example, transit-proximate development could include buildings with extensive parking facilities typical of suburban locations, a lack of "mixed-use development" (housing, workplaces and shopping in the same place), or a lack of extensive pedestrian facilities that would make it easier for people to reach the public transport node.
==See also== * New Urbanism * Smart growth * Urban sprawl * Transit-oriented development * Principles of Intelligent Urbanism * Transit village * Streetcar suburb * Value capture
==References== * [http://www.santabarbaraca.gov/NR/rdonlyres/18CE1771-78A9-4B25-BA80-07B7F7162762/0/Chapter_10_Institutional_Foundation_for_Walking_rev.pdf use of "transit-proximate" in a government planning document]
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