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MTC Publication in National Spotlight

July 21, 2010... A new publication by MTC has been named a "Best Practice" by Reconnecting America, a national non-profit organization that is working to integrate transportation systems and the communities they serve, as well as by the Center for Transit-Oriented Development, a national nonprofit dedicated to supporting market-based transit-oriented development.

Choosing Where We Live: Attracting Residents to Transit-Oriented Neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay Area was developed by MTC as a briefing book for city planners and managers. Based on a year-long market analysis of surveys of over 900 households, the report examines what attracts San Francisco Bay Area home-seekers to transit-oriented development (TOD) neighborhoods and offers strategies for improving these neighborhoods to attract more home seekers. According to the analysis, up to two-thirds of Bay Area movers could be attracted to transit-oriented neighborhoods — so long as these communities are developed with the right features.

View it online, or order a hard copy from the MTC/ABAG Library, library@mtc.ca.gov.