MTC ABAG Library

Transportation for Livable Communities

TLC is an MTC program to support development plans and projects that strengthen the link between transportation investments and community needs.

TLC program

Transportation for Livable Communities : works in progress : building a better Bay Area

From the Metropolitan Transportation Commission in 2004.

Ten years of TLC : an evaluation of MTC's Transportation for Livable Communities Program

By the Metropolitan Transportation Commission in 2008.

Best and worst developments of the Bay Area : nine counties, eighteen projects, and a platform for livable communities

From the Bay Area Transportation and Land Use Coalition in 2003.

Smart growth strategy : Regional Livability Footprint Project

By the Association of Bay Area Governments in 2001.

Library Materials

Library list

Links to the library catalog.

Smart Growth / Sustainable Development

Compact for a sustainable Bay Area : economy, environment, equity

By the Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Development in 2000.

Reforming parking policies to support smart growth : toolbox/handbook : parking best practices & strategies for supporting transit oriented development in the San Francisco Bay Area

Published by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission in 2007.

Can smart growth policies conserve energy and reduce emissions?

A study done by Todd Litman in 2011.

Growing wealthier : smart growth, climate change and prosperity

By the Center for Clean Air Policy in 2011.

Removing the roadblocks : how to make sustainable development happen now

Published by U. C. Berkeley Law in 2009.

Well measured : developing indicators for sustainable and livable transport planning

From the Victoria Transport Policy Institute in 2011.