Transit-Oriented for All: The Case for Mixed-Income Transit-Oriented Communities in the Bay Area

This paper summarizes the case for mixed-income transit-oriented development (TOD) in the San Francisco Bay Area, and outlines factors to consider for achieving sustainable mixed-income TOD in multiple contexts. The report outlines the need for mixed-income transit-oriented communities in the Bay Area. It discusses the combined housing plus transportation cost burden faced by lower-income households, and the need to provide affordable housing in locations where transportation costs don’t undercut housing savings. It reviews the challenges presented by the high costs of new TOD development and the potential for displacement of nearby low-income residents. The report also looks at the separate benefits of transit-oriented communities and mixed-income neighborhoods, and resulting synergies from bringing them together. The paper concludes with general lessons for achieving stable, mixed-income, transit-oriented communities in various contexts.

• Record URL:
  http://communityinnovation.berkeley.edu/publications/GCCFramingPaper_FINAL.pdf
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• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was funded by the San Francisco Foundation, the East Bay Community Foundation, and University of California Transportation Center.
• Corporate Authors:

  Great Communities Collaborative

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  Greenbelt Alliance

  San Francisco, CA  United States 

  Nonprofit Housing Association of Northern California

  ,    

  Transportation and Land Use Coalition

  405 14th Street, Suite 605
  Oakland, CA  United States  94612

  Urban Habitat

  ,    

  Reconnecting America

  Center for Transit Oriented Development
  436 14th Street, Suite 1005
  Oakland, CA  United States  94612

  University of California, Berkeley

  Berkeley, CA  United States  94720-1720
• Publication Date: 2007-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 44p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Employment; Housing; Jobs; Low income groups; Public transit; Traffic congestion; Transit oriented development; Transportation policy; Upper income groups
• Geographic Terms: San Francisco Bay Area
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01350294
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: UC Berkeley Transportation Library
• Files: BTRIS, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 9 2011 6:11PM