§ 11.4. TOD PRINCIPLES

◊ Create a compact development pattern within an easy walk of public transit and with sufficient density to support ridership.

◊ Make the pedestrian the focus of the development strategy without excluding the auto.

◊ Create active places and livable communities that service daily needs and where people feel a sense of belonging and ownership.

◊ Include engaging, high quality public spaces (e.g. small parks or plazas) as organizing features and gathering places for the neighborhood.

◊ Encourage a variety of housing types near transit facilities that may be available to a wide range of ages and incomes.

◊ Incorporate retail into the development if it is a viable use at the location without the transit component, ideally drawing customers both from both the TOD and a major street.

◊ Ensure compatibility and connectivity with surrounding neighborhoods.

◊ Introduce creative parking strategies that integrate, rather than divide the site and reduce the sense of auto domination.

◊ Strive to make TODs realistic yet economically viable and valuable from a diversity of perspectives (city, transit agency, developer, resident, employer).

◊ Recognize that all TODs are not the same; each development is located within its own unique neighborhood environment and serves a specific purpose in the sustainability of that environment.