Local experts to talk at Urban Land Institute conference on transit oriented development

Get ready to hear the words Transit Oriented Development, or their acronym, TOD, a lot more lately.

TOD is projects that pop up around light rail or commuter rail projects. Metro Detroit is poised to experience a lot of that when the Detroit-Ann Arbor commuter rail line and Woodward streetcar line come online next year.

The Urban Land Institute Detroit is holding a TOD conference on March 19 in Livonia to help prepare Michiganders for what will be coming and how to take advantage of these opportunities.

A number of local experts on business, development, and mass transit will speak at the event. The speakers include Jana Ecker (Birmingham's city planner overseeing its new transit center), Barry Murrary (economic development guru for Dearborn), Peter Allen (an Ann Arbor-based developer), Mary Kramer (Crain's Detroit Business) and Megan Owens of Transportation Riders United.

The headliner will be John Swatosh, a key deputy of mass transit Czar John Hertel. Swatosh will present the TOD plan for Department of Regional Mass Transit.

The event costs $45 for ULI members and $60 for nonmembers. For information, click here or call (800) 321-5011 and mention meeting code 8143-0907.

Source: Urban Land Institute Detroit
Writer: Jon Zemke

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