TRANSIT VILLAGES: OPPORTUNITIES AND STRATEGIES

The idea of the transit village has assumed new prominence throughout California. Symposiums on designing transit villages at rail transit stations have been held in Los Angeles County and the San Francisco Bay Area for both heavy and light rail lines. In order to examine the feasibility of transit villages, the UC Berkeley National Transit Access Center (NTRAC) examined three rail transit stations in the Bay Area: Richmond, West Oakland, and MacArthur. For each of these stations, NTRAC examined existing land uses, demographics, zoning, community involvement, and recent development plans and projects. This report summarizes the findings for each station.