Bay Area TOD Study
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Project Summary
| Client: | Metropolitan Transportation Commission (Oakland, California) |
| Type: | Regional Transit Plan |
| Program: | Policy plan for 9-county San Francisco Bay Area Region assessing opportunities, benefits and barriers to Transit-Oriented Development in the San Francisco Bay Area |
| Status: | 2004 - 2005 |
| Links: | http://www.mtc.ca.gov/planning/smart_growth/tod/tod_background.htm |
Calthorpe Associates worked with Reconnecting America’s Center for Transit-Oriented Development (CTOD) on a Bay Area Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) policy framework for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. The study addresses the types and distribution of TOD opportunities in the Bay Area, defines potentially effective regional policies to support TODs, performs case studies of TOD opportunities in the Bay Area, and recommends refinements to supportive regional policies based on the case studies.
Calthorpe Associates led the case study portion of the effort, assessing the TOD potential of a range of development conditions in the region including inner-city infill areas, reuse sites, suburban TODs and new growth areas. A variety of transit typologies was explored including heavy rail, light rail and commuter rail, as well as existing and planned transit stations.
