Abstract
 GIS for San Francisco Bay Area Regional Transit Oriented Development Track: State and Local Government Author(s): Garlynn Woodsong This research paper will describe how GIS has been used to study and implement a regional vision for Transit Oriented Development (TOD) by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) within the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area. The potential for TOD in the region was originally studied by using computer databases to map land use within a one-half-mile radius of existing and potential future rail and ferry transit station locations. Now, MTC has adopted a TOD policy that requires certain thresholds of development to be planned around stations prior to the release of regional discretionary funding for transit capital expansion projects. This paper will explain the role of GIS as the analytical foundation guiding the implementation of MTC's TOD policy, explain it in outreach sessions, and support the analysis leading to the formulation of the thresholds contained in the policy. Garlynn Woodsong Metropolitan Transportation Commission Planning 101 Eighth Street Oakland , CA 94607 US Phone: 510-817-5826 Fax: 510-817-5848 E-mail: gwoodsong@mtc.ca.gov |
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