Links to Important Transit Oriented Development Information Sources

What is TOD?

Wikipedia Defined

Basic Information Page

Video on Transit Oriented Development Benefits (with UC Berkeley Professor and Conservation Action Presenter Peter Calthorpe!)

Why TOD?

Ahwahnee Principles

Reconnecting America Value in TOD

Sprawl and Obesity

Car Facts

Challenges of Implementing TOD

How to Make TOD Work

MTC Policy on Minimum Density of TOD's

Equity and TOD

Equity & TOD working together

Obama's Stimulus Plan & Smart Growth

Local Examples of TOD

Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) Regional Plan

Demand for TOD in the Bay Area

National/International Examples of TOD

Minneapolis moving towards TOD

A Financial Analysis of TOD in Charlotte, NC

Link of the Month:

TOD 101 Syllabus

Check out our online Transit Oriented Development (TOD) resources! We've gathered background information on TOD, local and national examples, and equity issues surrounding TOD.

The TOD Syllabus is a complementary information source to the TOD 101 Workshop

that Conservation Action has hosted and will host again!

Resource Websites

Center for Transit Oriented Development

Great Communities Collaborative

Policy Link

Sonoma County Transportation Authority

Transportation & Land Use Coalition

Santa Rosa City Downtown Area Plan

AAA Driving Costs