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[[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 [[Engineering:Public transport|public transport]] node (e.g. a bus station, train station or metro station).  This type of development includes [[Engineering:Transit-oriented development|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 "[[Engineering:Mixed-use development|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==
* [[Engineering:New Urbanism|New Urbanism]]
* [[Social:Smart growth|Smart growth]]
* [[Earth:Urban sprawl|Urban sprawl]]
* [[Engineering:Transit-oriented development|Transit-oriented development]]
* Principles of Intelligent Urbanism
* [[Engineering:Transit village|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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