Is your site transit-supportive? MDOT is here to help you identify opportunities to improve connectivity, and to plan for improvements near our station areas. Following are some key resources we have developed to help inform your TOD agenda.

The MDOT Office of Planning and Capital Programming has worked with the Maryland Department of Planning (MDP) to develop:

The Maryland Transit Station Area Profile Tool is an interactive map that compiles key socio-economic, demographic, land-use and transit-access information for all of Maryland’s current and planned fixed rail stations. and

The Maryland TOD Models and Guidelines Resources (Both developed and supported by MDP).

MDOT OPCP can also help inform critical bicycle and pedestrian access components of your TOD Strategy.

For more information regarding Program Design contact Fred Lippert, Deputy Director, Planning and Programming at flippert@mdot.maryland.gov or 410-767-3027.

MDOT may be able to provide technical assistance to identify state resources, improve connectivity, or support planning/feasibility studies for TOD.

For more information regarding TOD, contact David Zaidain, AICP, Chief, Real Estate & Transit Oriented Development at dzaidain@mdot.maryland.gov or 410-865-1050.

The Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Capital Grant and Revolving Loan Fund (“TOD Fund”) provides financial assistance to local jurisdictions and development partners to promote the equitable and inclusive development of transit-oriented development at State-designated TOD sites. For more details, please review the Notice of Funding Opportunity and program webpage. Any inquiries regarding the TOD Fund should be directed to TODprogram@mdot.maryland.gov.

TOD efforts must be shaped by and designed to meet the needs of a variety of station sites. 

 For helpful input on station area design considerations see: The MDOT Maryland Transit Administration’s TOD Page.  

MDOT MTA’s Designing for Transit: TOD Design Guidelines provides design Guidelines to illustrate transit access considerations for diverse station types.

MDOT State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA), has a Context Driven Access and Mobility for All Users Guide to provide guidance on roadway enhancements appropriate to station areas.

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) provides planning and design studies for many Metro Station areas.

The Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Capital Grant and Revolving Loan Fund (“TOD Fund”) provides financial assistance to local jurisdictions and development partners to promote the equitable and inclusive development of transit-oriented development at State-designated TOD sites. For more details, please review the Notice of Funding Opportunity and program webpage. Any inquiries regarding the TOD Fund should be directed to TODprogram@mdot.maryland.gov.

US Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Build America Bureau offers several programs to provide project finance assistance to State, local, and private project sponsors. For more information, please visit the Build America Bureau financing page.

The Maryland Department of Housing and Community (DHCD) administers the Maryland Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) Program, which allocates federal income tax credits for residential rental projects in Maryland that invest in the construction and rehabilitation of housing for low- and moderate-income individuals and families. Projects located within State-designated TODs receive additional points in competitive application rounds. For more information, please visit DHCD’s LIHTC Program page.

“Joint Development” means a public transportation project that integrally relates to, and often co-locates with commercial, residential, mixed-use, or other non-transit development. Joint development may include partnerships for public or private development associated with any mode of transit system that is being improved through new construction, renovation, or extension. Joint development may also include intermodal facilities, intercity bus and rail facilities, transit malls, or historic transportation facilities.

Joint development of MDOT-owned property adjacent to MDOT MTA rail stations is coordinated by MDOT ORED in conjunction with the MDOT MTA Office of Real Estate. For information on MDOT’s land and development opportunities, visit:

• MDOT ORE Properties

MDOT supports WMATA’S Joint Development program at its Maryland Metro stations. For more information regarding the MDOT Real Estate Joint Development Program, please contact David Zaidain, AICP, Chief, Real Estate & Transit Oriented Development at dzaidain@mdot.maryland.gov or 410-865-1050.

MDOT ORED has published the Penn Line TOD Strategy Plan, a new strategy to spur denser, mixed-use development and increased ridership along the MARC Penn Line. The Plan provides a blueprint for unlocking economic opportunities at six train stops in the corridor with potential to create thousands of new jobs and yield more than $800 million in tax revenue for the State over three decades. It will help drive economic growth in underserved communities, in line with the efforts of the Moore-Miller Administration to advance transit-oriented development statewide. ORED plans to release a public development solicitation opportunity at Odenton MARC Station later this fall.

For Information regarding opportunities connected to the WMATA Metro see:

• Metro Real Estate and TOD
• WMATA Joint Development Policies/Guidance, and
• WMATA Offerings & Solicitations