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Create a critical mass of activities such as clustered amenities near transit stops and mobility hubs to encourage “access by proximity”.

Enable easy...

Target growth and development (intensified and mixed land uses) to bus routes, light rail lines, and transit stations and provide pedestrian- and bike-friendly access.

• Ensure developments...

Implement policies that support healthy, active, and engaged communities.

• Manage parking through Transportation Demand...

Plan for neighborhood integration to ensure that new development and the proposed urban pattern provide a natural transition in size, scale, and character to adjacent neighborhoods.

Integrate Trans...

Parking at or near stations should be structured, leaving surface areas available for active uses, including community gathering.

Promote neighborhood vitality and a balanced mix of uses through standards for jobs/housing ratio, adjustments to setbacks, provision of public open space, and maximum parking requirements...

Cross-training engineers and planners creates a collaborative environment for designing and developing streets.

• Planners’ role. Generally, planners work with the community to define the goals...

Build in flexibility. Use engineering design discretion to design streets in context with surrounding land uses. Look at the full range of values provided in design manuals, rather than default to the...

• Develop an outreach plan and expect lots of comments. Quick-build projects are public beta tests. They allow local agencies to get input on a design and modify it before it becomes permanent. Because...