[Massplanners] Upzoning - potential vs. actual impact on building?

[Jeffrey Robert Levine]

I found this interesting analysis of what has happened under the VCOD zoning changes in Newton that suggests that upzoning does not immediately result in the amount of new development some expect.<https://www.newtonbeacon.org/from-floodgates-to-trickle-vcod-saw-a-remarkably-slow-start-in-2024/>

Given all the MBTA Community Act changes, and other rezoning happening in various communities, does anyone know of any similar studies in other communities? Anyone think the study I link to is fatally flawed?

thanks,

Jeff


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Levine, J. (2021). Leadership in Planning: How to Communicate Ideas and Effect Positive Change (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429279287

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