[CARFREE_CITIES] BART, Caltrian to developp TOD on transit station parking lots

Jym Dyer jym@econet.org [CARFREE_CITIES]

2016-09-25 22:22:52 UTC

"The main thing that we need to accomplish is a way of
avoiding building really expensive parking structures because
parking structures just work against your TOD goals.,"

https://t.co/0CJqHoNuZU

=v= I'm a few months late in replying to this, but ...

=v= The original whole point of TOD is to prioritize a live/work
mix within walking distance of a transit stop. Instead, what I
see at both BART and Caltrain is top priority given to parking,
quite frequently a parking structure surrounded by a sea of
surface parking. After hiking past this gauntlet you'll get to
something mall-like, usually. So I think that the "TOD" wording
has been abused in the Bay Area (as well as other places) that
can't think past car-priority patterns.
<_Jym_>