A new report from Transportation for America finds that to meet the transit standards set by the rest of the world, the U.S. would need… Read More »
transit-oriented development
An Abundance Agenda for Transportation
This report, part of the 2026 Abundance Policy Report Series, examines how transportation policy can expand access to jobs, housing, services, and opportunities across California… Read More »
Measuring the Promise of Transit-Oriented Development: A Proposed Methodology for BART
While this report is a technical document and a grant deliverable, it is also an advocacy tool that expresses TransForm’s mission around transit-oriented development and… Read More »
The Benefits of Affordable Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) in the Bay Area and How to Improve It
Great Communities Collaborative’s research brief compares travel behavior patterns of affordable housing residents living near BART stations, to those of market-rate TOD and non-TOD residents.
Testing Our Hypotheses on Equitable Development
The Strong, Prosperous, And Resilient Communities Challenge (SPARCC; supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Ford Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, the JPB Foundation, and… Read More »
Missing the Mark: Examining the Shortcomings of California’s Housing Goals
This report grades the state’s 539 jurisdictions on progress toward meeting their current Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) goals.
Transit-Oriented Los Angeles: Envisioning an Equitable and Thriving Future
This report provides a conceptual framework for thinking about how more people can live and work near transit, near the major regional investments that county… Read More »
SB 827 2.0: What Are the Implications for Bay Area Communities?
This analysis looks at how SB 827 would have impacted low-income communities and communities of color, with an eye toward a future version of the… Read More »
How a Foundation’s Focus on Cities Made It a Leader in a Changing Environmental Movement
This article details the Kresge Foundation’s efforts to grassroots funding and equity right within environmental grantmaking, and on a large scale.
Harnessing High-Speed Rail: How California and Its Cities Can Use Rail to Reshape Their Growth
This report makes a case for high-speed rail as a tool for reshaping economic growth and development in cities such as Fresno and Bakersfield that… Read More »
