Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/222714 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
ADBI Working Paper Series No. 947
Publisher: 
Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Tokyo
Abstract: 
Many metropolitan cities in Asia are planning and implementing extensive investment in mass transit networks and thus are now on the threshold of becoming transit cities or car traffic saturation cities. The promotion of transit-oriented development (TOD) policies will be a key to the progression to transit cities. TOD should consider a transit-oriented regional growth management plan, station area zoning regulations (mixed-use, minimum density, maximum parking, etc.), joint development among local governments, transit agencies, and private developers, and an institutional mechanism for public and private cooperation in station area development. This paper examines cases from cities in Japan, the United States, and Southeast Asia, including Tokyo and Toyama in Japan, Denver in the US, and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. It concludes that the following are factors for the successful implementation of TOD in Asian cities: a shift from highway-based zoning to transit-oriented zoning; the creation of an institutional mechanism for public and private cooperation in station area development; a balance between public benefit and private benefit; the connection of transit services and affordable housing; and multi-modal connection planning, including walking.
Subjects: 
Asia
mass transit network
metropolitan cities
transit cities
transit-oriented development
urbanization
JEL: 
R42
R51
R58
O18
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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