Zoning rules would encourage density along high-capacity bus routes in Madison

The City Council on Tuesday will consider an ordinance to initiate a “Transit Oriented Development Overlay District” that would generally land within a quarter-mile of BRT routes, except Downtown and the UW-Madison campus. It also includes employment and retail areas between a quarter- and half-mile of routes, mainly around the ends of the initial BRT route between East Towne and West Towne, where there are concentrations of single-use, auto-oriented, retail and office buildings.