This document discusses transit-oriented development (TOD) at multiple levels - regional, corridor, station area, and site. At the regional level, it emphasizes the importance of establishing a regional vision through partnerships and stakeholder engagement. Examples from Seattle and Denver showcase regional TOD goals, policies, system plans, implementation approaches, and monitoring. The corridor level discusses successful partnerships along the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor in Arlington, VA and financing strategies for multiple stations in Dallas. At the station area level, the Fruitvale Transit Village in Oakland is highlighted for its intensive community involvement. Finally, the site level examines unique private development at a Texas light rail station and public-private partnerships for development around the Pleasant Hill BART

1. Transit-Oriented Development: National Perspective
TOD Peer Exchange – February 27, 2019

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TOD AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL
TOD AT THE CORRIDOR LEVEL
TOD AT THE STATION AREA LEVEL
TOD AT THE SITE LEVEL

3.  Start with a regional vision or blueprint
 Use scenario to help visualize and quantify
alternative patterns of growth
 Engage all partners
 Stay active through implementation and monitoring
TOD AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL
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Five Keys to Regional Visioning
Success
• Motivation to change
• Leadership
• Broad-based stakeholder
participation
• Simple and visual presentation
of data and scenarios
• Implementation
Source: Planning for Transit-Supportive
Development: A Practitioner’s Guide, FTA 2014

4.  Seattle Regional TOD Compact
 Underpinning of the Puget Sound Growing Transit
Communities Strategy
 Over 42 members signed on
 Non-mandatory requirements
 Has created peer pressure among localities
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5. TOD AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL – GOALS / OBJECTIVES
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 Goals address all
TODs across region
 Goals address
process and
outcomes
 Regional goals
supplemented by
corridor and local
goals and objectives
TOD GOALS
• Attract more of the region’s residential and
employment growth to high capacity transit
communities.
• Provide housing choices affordable to a full
range of incomes near high-quality transit.
• Increase access to opportunity for existing
and future residents of transit communities.
• Help local governments create desired livable
communities and focus growth in centers.
• Foster a prosperous and livable region as
outlined in the Wasatch Choice for 2040 growth
principles.
• Encourage coordination of land use plans with
existing or planned regional transportation.
• Reduce travel demand by enabling shorter
commutes, providing more travel choices, and
cultivating alternative land development
strategies.
• Promote multijurisdictional collaboration and
regional impact.
• Support local outreach and engagement efforts
that promote broader stakeholder involvement.
Wasatch TOD Process Goals Puget Sound TOD Outcome Goals

6. TOD AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL – POLICY FRAMEWORK
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 People profile
 Place profile
 Implementation
approaches
PUGET SOUND TOD
STRATEGIES

7. TOD AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL – SYSTEM PLAN
 System plans highlight
existing and planned
premium transit
network only (local
routes not shown)
 Plans identify station
and TOD locations
REGIONAL VISIONS /
SYSTEM PLANS
RTD System Plan Denver Puget Sound System Plan Seattle

8.  MPO (DRCOG) and Transit Agency (RTD) both
providing leadership in TOD implementation
 Regional transportation plan emphasizes the
region’s integrated approach to coordinating on
transit services
 Strategic Plan for TOD highlighting each
stakeholder’s role in implementation
 Tracks and monitors TOD implementation with transit
system implementation
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Source: www.drcog.org

9. TOD AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL – MONITORING
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Source: RTD’s 2014 Transit-Oriented Development Status Report

10. TOD AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL – TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
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 Station area planning
and implementation
 Training and
workshops
WASATCH TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE

11. TOD AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL – TOOLBOX
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 Policy and regulatory
models
WASATCH TOOLKIT

12.  Arlington Rosslyn – Ballston corridor perhaps one of
the most successful TOD stories of the past 40 years
 Transformed corridor from suburban to urban with
TOD through a ‘bulls eye’ approach
 Of those living in Metrorail corridors, 40% use transit
to get to work
 As of 2015, 15% of rental units in the county are
committed affordable units, with a goal, 17.7% by
2040
 Since 2000, 75% of all new residential units have
been built within the Rosslyn-Ballston and Jefferson
Davis Metro corridors
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Rosslyn-Ballston Metrorail Corridor
(Orange Line)

13. Source: Arlington County, VA Affordable Housing Master Plan, 2015
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14.  8 light rail stations in Dallas
 Multi-station tax increment financing district
 Intent is to share tax increment between stations,
especially from stronger to weaker development
markets
 TIF Budget:
 $160 million for public infrastructure
and development project support
 $22 million for affordable housing
 $3 million for administration
and implementation
TOD AT THE CORRIDOR LEVEL – FINANCING
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15.  Fruitvale Transit Village – unique, multi-use project
 Created by intensive community involvement and
governmental cooperation
 Project cost $100 million
 New zoning classification created “TOD district”
 City reduced parking
requirements for residential
and commercial uses
in the area
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16.  Cooperation between community leaders, government
officials, and governmental agencies
 Continuous community involvement
 Combined efforts of the Unity Council and Fruitvale Policy
Council resulted in key changes to the City of Oakland’s
Planning Code
 Stakeholders secured concessions from other government
agencies (e.g. EPA, Union Pacific Railroad)
 Over 100 businesses received small business loans and
grants for facade improvements
 Future plans to create and maintain affordable housing
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17.  Mockingbird Station was the first mixed-use project
in Texas designed specifically for a light rail station
 Primarily funded by the private sector
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18.  Suburban heavy rail station
 Transformation into TOD
 Partnerships / financing agreements
 Replacement parking garage
 Backbone infrastructure (roads, drainage, etc.)
 Placemaking infrastructure (parks, plazas, and
street furniture)
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Pleasant Hill BART Station
Contra Costa County, California

19.  Phase I: replace BART parking
 Phase II: residential and retail
 Phase III: office
 RDA was source of parking
financing – needed development
certainty to justify
 Tax-exempt bonds to finance
privately developed mixed-income
housing, plus project infrastructure
 Developer financing covers the
final phase
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Source/Use
(in millions)
Phase
I
Phase
II
Phase
III
Total
Total
Pct.
Public $59.5 16%
RDA: BART Parking $45.3
RDA: Backbone
Infra.
$2.7
RDA: Placemaking $9.0
RDA: Housing $2.5
Public/Private $135.0 37%
Tax-Exempt MF
Bonds
$135.0
Private $171.8 47%
Backbone Infra. $11.9
Development Costs $3.9 $25.0 $131.0
TOTAL $49.2 $186.1 $131.0 $366.3 100%

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