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The Center for Transit-Oriented Development has released a typology guidebook on the different conditions near and around U.S. transit stations.

The “Performance-Based Transit-Oriented Development Typology Guidebook” is a hands-on tool designed to help policymakers, planners, employers and residents evaluate transit zones in their neighborhoods, said Sam Zimbabwe, the center’s director, in a prepared statement.

The guidebook could be useful in future planning for transit ridership, climate change, economic development, affordable housing, urban design or other issues linked to transportation, employment and location, he said.

The book builds off the TOD database, a web tool that provides economic and demographic information for all existing and proposed fixed U.S. guideway transit stations.

The guidebook includes an analysis of data on existing conditions at more than 3,700 existing transit station areas in 39 regions.

The book also includes detailed case studies from Los Angeles; Oak Park, Ill.; West Irving, Texas; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Berkeley, Calif.; Gresham, Ore.; Jersey City, N.J.; Atlanta; and Rockville, Md.