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The Antioch Police Department is a police department serving the East Bay city of Antioch, California in the San Francisco Bay Area .

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60-397: The department is organized into two divisions that administer a number of bureaus. The police department was created in 1872 to handle security and law enforcement in the coal mining town of hundreds that was 19th-century Antioch. By the 2010 census the department was policing over 102,000 Antiochites. In 2011 the department expressed serious concerns for the lack of a planning for

120-691: A 20-storey building containing the Jakarta MRT office and other facilities. This transport hub will also be connected to the 250-meter Multipurpose Crossing Bridge (JPM) which connects various modes of public transportation in the Dukuh Atas area. The transport hub is expected to be operational in 2023. Many TOD are now being constructed in Greater Jakarta metro area such as Citra Sentul Raya and Dukuh Atas TOD . TOD are also being constructed in cities like Surabaya , Medan , and Palembang . There has been

180-542: A New York City Subway station, this allows easy transport throughout the cities’ neighborhoods and central business districts. To maximize the usage of the New York City Subway, many subway stations are surrounded by transit-oriented development, with high-density residential and commercial buildings surrounding the subway station. Neighborhoods include, but are not limited to, Downtown Brooklyn , Midtown Manhattan , Long Island City , and Sunnyside . Many downtowns in

240-405: A federal grand jury was looking into allegations of charging officers with assault under color of authority, fraud, distribution of steroids and cocaine, as well as eliciting false confessions and accepting bribes to make traffic tickets go away. Newspaper accounts at the time reported that about 20 percent of the force was suspended. In 2023, nine serving and former police officers were arrested by

300-460: A fitness centre. Edmonton has also had a transit-proximate development for some time in the northeastern suburbs at Clareview which includes a large park and ride, and low rise apartments among big box stores and associated power center parking. Edmonton is also looking into some new TODs in various parts of the city. In the northeast, there are plans to redevelop underutilized land at two sites around existing LRT, Fort Road and Stadium station . In

360-495: A healthy and active lifestyle, expanding employment and economic opportunities, and creating added value for property. One example of the Dukuh Atas TOD is the transport hub that is being built by PT Moda Integrasi Transportasi Jabodetabek (MITJ) on Jalan Blora, in front of Sudirman Station. Transport hubs are vehicle exchange points and transit points where there is community interaction using transit. This transport hub will be

420-416: A housing crisis. In addition, it comes in response to a shifting population demographic that prefers high density living. Some cities, such as Toronto, Ottawa, and especially Vancouver, have a long history of building new communities near transit, and they often plan development and rapid transit simultaneously. Others, such as Calgary and Montréal, have only implemented TOD policies recently, and there

480-485: A lack of commitment to funding public transport infrastructure, resulting to overcrowding and amending zoning laws has dramatically slowed progress toward sustainable development for the city. Milton , an inner suburb of Brisbane , has been identified as Queensland's first transit-oriented development under the Queensland Government's South East Queensland Regional Plan . Milton railway station will undergo

540-515: A longstanding policy of encouraging new construction along the route of its primary Yonge Street subway line . Most notable are the development of the Yonge and Eglinton area in the 1960s and 1970s; and the present development of the 2 km of the Yonge Street corridor north of Sheppard Avenue, which began in the late 1980s. In the period since 1997 alone the latter stretch has seen the appearance of

600-516: A major new shopping centre and the building and occupation of over twenty thousand new units of condominium housing. Since the opening of the Sheppard subway line in 2002, there is a condominium construction boom along the route on Sheppard Avenue East between Yonge Street and Don Mills Road. In addition to the subway, transit oriented development has also started to be prioritised for regional rail stations, such as East Harbour GO . Vancouver has

660-528: A proposal to develop Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) around mass transit stations in Bangkok, as well as around high-speed rail stations in cities such as Ayutthaya, Khon Kaen, Makkasan , Pattaya, and Si Racha. In addition, there have been proposals for TOD around main regional railway stations. The TOD proposal aims to create walkable, mixed-use communities centered around transit stations, taking advantage of their convenient transportation access. This development

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720-620: A rail station. The half-mile ring is a little more than 500 acres (2.0 km ) in size. Transit-oriented development is sometimes distinguished by some planning officials from " transit-proximate development " because it contains specific features that are designed to encourage public transport use and differentiate the development from urban sprawl . A few examples of these features include mixed-use development that will use transit at all times of day, excellent pedestrian facilities such as high quality pedestrian crossings , narrow streets, and tapering of buildings as they become more distant from

780-596: A safety officer at the future Antioch eBART station . Due to funding issues, this station may be actually be policed in whole or in part by the APD instead of the BART Police Department . After the 2020 police-related death of Angelo Quinto , California banned police holds that might result in asphyxiation. In April 2023, press reports described an investigation into misconduct in the department. This included dozens of racist texts sent between officers. At that time,

840-511: A strong history of creating new development around its SkyTrain lines and building regional town centres at major stations and transit corridors. In addition, the Government of British Columbia has legislated policy that all development within 800m of rail, and within 400m of bus interchanges, must be high density. Of note is the Metrotown area of the suburb of Burnaby , British Columbia near

900-436: A supposed opening in 2015. Before the proper opening, BART forecasted 2,270 trips per day. Two weeks following the beginning of service in 2018, ridership was observed to be about 3,000 round trips per day, overloading the station's parking facilities and causing riders to illegally park nearby. The station has 1,012 parking spaces. Soon after opening, the agency began planning an additional 1,600 parking space facility north of

960-499: A symbiotic relationship between dense, compact urban form and public transport use. In doing so, TOD aims to increase public transport ridership by reducing the use of private cars and by promoting sustainable urban growth. TOD typically includes a central transit stop (such as a train station , or light rail or bus stop) surrounded by a high-density mixed-use area, with lower-density areas spreading out from this center, serving as part of an integrated transport network . TOD

1020-489: A tramway. The first stage of the line created 19 000 new housing units along its length, as well as large scale industrial and commercial developments, valued at $ 5 billion. According to the Metropolitan Development and Planning Regulation as of late 2011, 40% of new households will be built as TOD neighborhoods. Ottawa encourages high density development within 600m of all rapid transit stations, including both

1080-430: A unique form of participatory city planning that emphasizes public education, discussion and agreement. In an attempt to control the rapid growth of Guatemala City , the long-time mayor, Álvaro Arzú , implemented a plan to control growth based on transects along important arterial roads and exhibiting transit-oriented development (TOD) characteristics. The plan adopted POT (Plan de Ordenamiento Territorial) aims to allow

1140-503: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This California -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Antioch (eBART station) Antioch station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station on the Yellow Line . It is located in the median of Highway 4 at Hillcrest Avenue in Antioch, California . Antioch station is the eastern terminus of

1200-447: Is also typically designed to be more walkable than other built-up areas , by using smaller block sizes and reducing the land area dedicated to automobiles . Areas that center a transit station as a hub while building residential-focused TOD development in the immediate area are known as transit villages . The densest areas of TOD are normally located within a radius of 1 ⁄ 4 to 1 ⁄ 2 mile (400 to 800 m) around

1260-480: Is expected to bring a range of benefits, including increased economic activity, reduced traffic congestion, and improved quality of life for residents. Melbourne , Victoria is expected to reach a population of 5 million by 2030 with the overwhelming majority of its residents relying on private automobiles. Since the turn of the century, sporadic efforts have been made by various levels of government to implement transit-oriented development principles. However,

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1320-542: Is some debate as to whether it is better to build new transit to existing high density neighbourhoods, or build high density neighbourhoods near existing transit. Calgary's Transit Oriented Development (TOD) has been evolving largely around stations along Calgary's Light Rail Transit (LRT) system, also known as the CTrain network. Although Calgary's CTrain system has been around since 1981, TOD activity has been fairly recent, with much of development taking place since 2010. Most of

1380-629: The 2002 Olympic Winter Games and the need to support the growth in population. This has created a number of transit-oriented commercial and residential projects to be proposed and completed. The San Francisco Bay Area includes nine counties and 101 cities, including San Jose , San Francisco , Oakland and Fremont . Local and regional governments encourage transit-oriented development to decrease traffic congestion, protect natural areas, promote public health and increase housing options. The region has designated Priority Development Areas and Priority Conservation Areas . Current population forecasts for

1440-540: The Antioch Police Department may have to cooperatively police the station. The lack of a full-time station agent has resulted in security issues after opening. A station agent booth was later added; the station began to be staffed on March 22, 2021. Installation of second-generation faregates at the station began in September 2024. BART anticipated the station would serve 1,575 round trips per day based upon

1500-502: The City of Orange Township (2009), Montclair (2010), Somerville (2010), Linden (2010), West Windsor (2012), East Orange (2012), Dunellen (2012), Summit (2013), Plainfield (2014), Park Ridge (2015), Irvington (2015), Hackensack (2016), Long Branch (2016), Asbury Park (2017), Newark (2021), and Atlantic City (2023). Many neighborhoods in New York City are close to

1560-722: The EPA 's National Award for Smart Growth Achievement for "Overall Excellence in Smart Growth " — the first ever granted by the agency. In September 2010, Arlington County, Virginia , in partnership with Washington, D.C. , opened Capital Bikeshare , a bicycle sharing system . By February 2011, Capital Bikeshare had 14 stations in the Pentagon City , Potomac Yard , and Crystal City neighborhoods in Arlington. Arlington County also announced plans to add 30 stations in fall 2011, primarily along

1620-539: The Greater New York Area also are walkable with a central regional rail station. The East Liberty neighborhood is nearing completion of a $ 150 million Transit Oriented Development centered around the reconfigured East Liberty Station on the city's Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway . The development included improved access to the station with a new pedestrian bridge and pedestrian walkways that increase

1680-558: The Metrotown SkyTrain Station . The areas around stations have spurred the development of billions of dollars of high-density real estate, with multiple high-rises near the many stations, prompting concerns about rapid gentrification . There is currently one TOD being built in Winnipeg beside the rapid transit corridor . It is known as The Yards at Fort Rouge, and was spearheaded by the developer Gem Equities. In phase two of

1740-567: The value capture of land surrounding new public transport, allows Hong Kong to be one of the world's few profitable public transit systems, generating a profit of $ 1.5 billion in 2014. Bandar Malaysia is an upcoming development by 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) . Transit oriented development (TOD) areas are urban areas designed to integrate transit functions with people, activities, buildings and public spaces that aim to optimize access to public transportation. In Jakarta, PT MRT Jakarta (Perseroda) will build TOD areas at five points along

1800-465: The 21st Century , Michael Bernick and Robert Cervero identified emerging transit villages at several BART stations, including Pleasant Hill / Contra Costa Centre , Fruitvale , Hayward and Richmond . MacArthur Station is a relatively new development, with construction beginning in 2011 and scheduled for completion after 2019. Chicago passed its first TOD ordinances in 2013. The city of Chicago started building TODs around rail stations throughout

1860-575: The 600m radius of Brentwood station, as well as proposed developments that are in the works. On the south leg of the Red Line the massive Midtown Station proposal is a reversal from previous TOD builds where development is built around existing stations. In the case of Midtown Station, the proposal is along the CTrain line, but includes building a new station solely for the purpose of serving the development. For The City of Calgary, TOD's are an ongoing process, but

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1920-488: The American preference for low-density living is a misinterpretation made possible in part by substantial local government interference in the land market. Many cities throughout the world are developing TOD policy. Toronto , Portland , Montreal , San Francisco , and Vancouver among many other cities have developed, and continue to write policies and strategic plans, which aim to reduce automobile dependency and increase

1980-533: The BART to Antioch ( eBART ) section of the line. The station is expected to attract passengers from Oakley , Brentwood , and Discovery Bay , communities that were envisioned as part of the original eBART extension but could not be included due to cost. BART planned to extend service southeast to Brentwood and upgrade the extension to full BART service while pushing the DMU portion further out. Initially planned to open in 2016,

2040-492: The FBI on charges related to distribute narcotics, altering and falsifying records of a federal investigation, wire fraud where officers allegedly defrauded money from the police department, civil rights violations and obstruction of justice. Six of those arrested were serving or former Antioch Police officers. Three more are associated with the nearby Pittsburg Police Department. This United States law enforcement agency article

2100-401: The annual $ 1 million Transit village fund to any municipality with a ready to go project specifying appropriate mixed land-use strategy, available property, station-area management, and commitment to affordable housing, job growth, and culture. Transit village development must also preserve the architectural integrity of historically significant buildings. Transit Village districts are defined by

2160-483: The bus rapid transit Transitway and the city's urban rail system, with the goal of creating feature complete mixed use communities within walking distance to transit. The city simultaneously discourages auto oriented development, such as parking lots, in the same areas. This has had the effect of creating many tower clusters far outside the city centre, with stations like Lincoln Fields and Lycée Claudel having entire neighbourhoods appear around them. Toronto has

2220-516: The car ownership rate in Hong Kong is very low, and approximately 90% of all trips are made by public transport. In the mid-20th century, no railway was built until an area was well developed. However, in recent decades, Hong Kong has started to have some TODs, where a railway is built simultaneously with residential development above or nearby, dubbed the "Rail plus Property" (R+P) Model. Examples include: The Rail plus Property model, which captures

2280-556: The central transit stop, as this is considered to be an appropriate scale for pedestrians , thus solving the last mile problem . Many of the new towns created after World War II in Japan , Sweden , and France have many of the characteristics of TOD communities. In a sense, nearly all communities built on reclaimed land in the Netherlands or as exurban developments in Denmark have had

2340-500: The city has published policy guidelines and implementation strategies for Transit Oriented Development. Most of the suburban high rises were not along major rail lines like other cities until recently, when there has been incentive to do so. Century Park is a growing condo community in southern Edmonton at the south end of the Edmonton LRT system. It will include low to high rise condos, recreational services, shops, restaurants, and

2400-567: The city. New regulations prevent old cars from driving in the city, other cars from driving on certain days. Electric cars are allowed to be driven every day and have free parking. Decreasing the public space allocated to cars and increasing regulations have become a great annoyance among daily car users. The city hopes to push people to use more public transport. All major Canadian cities have transit oriented development policies and implementations. The main purposes of these policies has been to kerb suburban sprawl, and to increase housing supply amidst

2460-506: The construction of taller mixed-use building structures right by large arterial roads. The buildings would gradually decrease in height and density as distance would increase from arterial roads. That is being implemented simultaneously with a bus rapid transit (BRT) system, called Transmetro . Mexico City has battled pollution for years. Many attempts have been made to orient citizens towards public transportation. Expansion of metro line, both subway and bus, have been instrumental. Following

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2520-472: The county's Washington Metro rapid transit stations and the high-volume bus lines of Columbia Pike . Within the transit areas, the government has a policy of encouraging mixed-use and pedestrian- and transit-oriented development. Some of these " urban village " communities include Rosslyn , Ballston , Clarendon , Courthouse , Pentagon City , Crystal City , Lyon Village , Shirlington , Virginia Square , and Westover . In 2002, Arlington received

2580-574: The densely populated corridor between the Rosslyn and Ballston neighborhoods, and 30 more in 2012. New Jersey has become a national leader in promoting Transit Village development through a program known as the Transit Village initiative . The New Jersey Department of Transportation established the Transit Village Initiative in 1999, offering multi-agency assistance and grants from

2640-513: The economic downturn. The population along the Wasatch Front has reached 2.5 million and is expected to grow 50% over the next two decades. At 29.8%, Utah's population growth more than doubled the population growth of the nation (13.2%), with a vast majority of this growth occurring along the Wasatch Front. Transportation infrastructure has been vastly upgraded in the past decade as a result of

2700-676: The effective walkshed of the station. The East Busway is a fixed guideway route that offers riders an 8-minute ride from East Liberty to Pittsburgh's Downtown. The Salt Lake City Metro Area has seen a strong proliferation of transit-oriented developments due to the construction of new transit lines within the Utah Transit Authority 's TRAX , FrontRunner and streetcar lines. New developments in West Valley , Farmington , Murray , Provo , Kaysville , Sugarhouse and downtown Salt Lake City have seen rapid growth and construction despite

2760-413: The example of Curitiba, many bus-lines were created on many of Mexico City's most important streets. The bus-line has taken two lanes from cars to be used only by the bus-line, increasing the flow for bus transit. The city has also made great attempts at increasing the number of bike lanes, including shutting down entire roads on certain days to be used only by bikers. Car regulations have also increased in

2820-500: The half mile radius surrounding the transit station. To become a Transit Village, towns must meet the following criteria: have existing transit, demonstrate a willingness to grow, adopt a transit-oriented-development redevelopment plan or zoning ordinance, identify specific TOD sites and projects, identify bicycle and pedestrian improvements, and identify "place making" efforts near the transit station, such as community events, celebrations, and other cultural or artistic events. Since 1999

2880-481: The local equivalent of TOD principles integrated in their planning, including the promotion of bicycles for local use. In the United States, a half-mile-radius circle has become the de facto standard for rail-transit catchment areas for TODs. A half mile (800 m) corresponds to the distance someone can walk in 10 minutes at 3 mph (4.8 km/h) and is a common estimate for the distance people will walk to get to

2940-491: The metropolitan area. There have been concerns that these TODs were excluding minorities since most of the TODs were built in mainly white areas therefore leaving minorities out of the picture when it came to access to transit oriented development neighborhoods. The 2020 eTOD Policy Plan was created to fix the issues from the previous TOD plans, by creating more TOD developments in minority areas. Compared to other developed economies,

3000-684: The public transport node. Another key feature of transit-oriented development that differentiates it from "transit-proximate development" is reduced amounts of parking for personal vehicles. Transit-oriented development has many benefits including but not limited to: Opponents of compact, or transit oriented development typically argue that Americans, and persons throughout the world, prefer low-density living, and that any policies that encourage compact development will result in substantial utility decreases and hence large social welfare costs. Proponents of compact development argue that there are large, often unmeasured benefits of compact development or that

3060-566: The region predict that it will grow by 2 million people by 2035 due to both the natural birth rate and job creation, and estimate that 50% of this growth can be accommodated in Priority Development Areas through transit-oriented development. Major transit village projects have been developed over the past 20 years at several stations linked to the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system. In their 1996 book, Transit Villages in

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3120-529: The south-north corridor of MRT Jakarta . The five points are Blok M , Lebak Bulus and Fatmawati in South Jakarta , as well as Dukuh Atas and Istora Senayan in Central Jakarta . Each area has its own theme and concept according to the characteristics and needs of the local community. The TOD area is expected to provide benefits to the community, such as reducing congestion and air pollution, increasing

3180-450: The southwest rapid transit corridor, there will be four more TODs. This phase is an interesting example of the use of fine arts in parallel with transit planning, making several of the stations sites for public art related to the social history of the area. For over 30 years, the government has pursued a development strategy of concentrating much of its new development within 1 ⁄ 4 to 1 ⁄ 2 mile (400 to 800 m) from

3240-519: The state has made 35 Transit Village designations, which are in different stages of development: Pleasantville (1999), Morristown (1999), Rutherford (1999), South Amboy (1999), South Orange (1999), Riverside (2001), Rahway (2002), Metuchen (2003), Belmar (2003), Bloomfield (2003), Bound Brook (2003), Collingswood (2003), Cranford (2003), Matawan (2003), New Brunswick (2005), Journal Square/Jersey City (2005), Netcong (2005), Elizabeth/Midtown (2007), Burlington City (2007),

3300-566: The station site. In October 2018, BART announced plans for a $ 16.4 million, 800-space lot east of the station, which would open in 2020. In November 2019, the BART board approved a $ 9.9 million contract for an 850-space lot. The new lot opened on November 30, 2021. A 2018 study recommended a footbridge to the south side of State Route 4, as well as improvements to bicycle and pedestrian access. As of 2024 , BART indicates "significant market, local support, and/or implementation barriers" that must be overcome to allow transit-oriented development on

3360-460: The station's service date was delayed until May 26, 2018. Preliminary designs called for a station without an agent present, nor restrooms or escalators. This prompted concern from the community and the plans were redesigned to add these features, however the station will only have one employee present at any given time, one agent or one maintenance worker at a time. An extra police beat will be added. This caused concern among Antioch residents and

3420-458: The surface parking lots at the station. Such development would not begin until at least the mid-2030s. [REDACTED] Media related to Antioch station (BART) at Wikimedia Commons Transit-oriented development In urban planning, transit-oriented development ( TOD ) is a type of urban development that maximizes the amount of residential , business and leisure space within walking distance of public transport . It promotes

3480-446: The transit oriented development has taken place along the LRT system's Red Line especially around stations of the northwest leg with areas around stations at Brentwood, Dalhousie, and Banff Trail having seen the most development. Brentwood Station for example, with multi-building developments such as University City, has seen almost 900 residential units built in the last eight years within

3540-798: The use of public transit. One of the earliest and most successful examples of TOD is Curitiba , Brazil . Curitiba was organized into transport corridors very early on in its history. Over the years, it has integrated its zoning laws and transportation planning to place high-density development adjacent to high-capacity transportation systems, particularly its BRT corridors . Since the failure of its first rather grandiose city plan due to lack of funding, Curitiba has focused on working with economical forms of infrastructure, so it has arranged unique adaptations, such as bus routes (inexpensive infrastructure) with routing systems, limited access and speeds similar to subway systems. The source of innovation in Curitiba has been

3600-641: The west, there is plans to have some medium density condos in the Glenora neighborhood along a future LRT route as well as a TOD in the southeast in the Strathearn neighborhood along the same future LRT on existing low rise apartments. The Ion light rail line in Kitchener-Waterloo initiated large amounts of new construction along the corridor, despite the city region being the smallest in North America to host

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