Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Transit-Oriented Development

What A Multimodal Urban Design Contest in Iceland Can Teach the U.S.

By Kea Wilson | Feb 13, 2023 | No Comments

An open competition to design a new urban quarter in Iceland will prioritize sustainable transportation in a region that's proactively transitioning out of car dependency — and it could serve as a model for how to fill similar holes in growing U.S. communities.

A flyer by a group opposed to dense housing at BART stations featured this photo illustration, with huge buildings towering over the flattened houses surrounding the station, and immense shadows... at sunrise?

Berkeley Approves Zoning for BART Station Housing

By Melanie Curry | Jun 3, 2022 | No Comments

The new TOD zone will allow up to 2,400 units of housing to be built at the two large BART station parking lots within the city limits. Next steps: develop and build the housing.

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Advocates See Hopeful Future with Incoming MTC Chief Therese W. McMillan

By Roger Rudick | Jan 24, 2019 | 16 Comments

Streetsblog checked in with safe and livable streets advocates throughout the Bay Area to hear what they hope McMillan, who will replace Steve Heminger as ED, can accomplish.

Brisbane Baylands Mega Development Plans for Mega Car Traffic

By Andrew Boone | Aug 16, 2016 | 68 Comments

As the City of Brisbane agonizes over how little housing to include in a new mixed-use mega development to be built around a relocated Bayshore Caltrain Station, proposals to sink over $300 million into a new 12-lane Highway 101 interchange and an eight-lane extension of Geneva Avenue remain uncontroversial. If approved, 7 million square feet of new office and retail space will be […]

Bay Area Transit Agencies Build on Parking Lots

By Andrew Boone | Jul 15, 2016 | 20 Comments

Last Thursday representatives from Caltrain, the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), and Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) presented [PDF] current plans for building housing and offices on top of station parking lots, at the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) in downtown San Jose. Rail station parking lots offer the ultimate in […]

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Three Bright Prospects for a Better Transportation Bill

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 4, 2015 | No Comments

Yesterday we reported on some of the terrible amendments that might get tacked on to the House transportation bill this week. But there are also some good ideas with bipartisan support among the hundreds of amendments submitted by members of the House. Here are three amendments that have the potential to improve transportation policy in […]

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