Transit Oriented Development

Development (TOD) at and around the system's transit stations is an exciting element of the FasTracks program.  As the Denver region's public transit agency, RTD plays an important role in the implementation of TOD. TOD is characterized by a pedestrian-oriented environment that allows people to live, work, shop and play in places accessible by transit. The primary benefits of TODs include:

• Reducing sprawl and protecting existing neighborhoods
  
  
• Reducing commute times and traffic congestion
  
  
• Improving environmental quality and open space preservation
  
  
• Encouraging pedestrian activity and discouraging automobile dependency

RTD's TOD mission is to create and facilitate opportunities to preserve or expand RTD's transit and property investments through private development, capitol expenditures and/or joint development for land use that encourages transit ridership through its design, operation and use across the District.

To learn more about TOD, find links to additional research and resources, get demographic data on the FasTracks corridors, and get a listing of upcoming TOD events in the Denver region, visit the DRCOG TOD Web site.

DRCOG and RTD jointly created the TOD Project Viewer to provide an interactive map-based source of information about development that is expected, planned, under construction or completed within a half-mile of RTD's existing and planned transit stations. This information is planned to be updated on a quarterly basis.

Reports available for download

• Download a copy of RTD's Gold Line-East Corridor TOD/PPP Workshop Report (July 2008, PDF, 2.8 MB)
• Download a copy of RTD's 2007 TOD Status Report (December 2007), which tracks and analyzes new planning and development activity in the vicinity of existing and proposed stations. (PDF, 4MB)
• Download a copy of RTD's TREX TOD Lessons Learned report (September 2007), which discusses lessons learned about TOD implementation from the Southeast Corridor project (PDF, 204 KB)
• Download a copy of the NW Rail/US 36 BRT TOD Workshop Report (July 2007)
  Part 1 (PDF, 1.66 MB)
  Part 2 (PDF, 9.69 MB)
  Part 3 (PDF, 4.71 MB)
  
• Download a copy of RTD's 2006 TOD Status Report, which tracks urban planning and real estate development at existing and proposed station areas. (February 2007, 6.4 MB PDF)
• Download a copy of RTD's Strategic Plan for Transit Oriented Development, which was adopted by the RTD Board of Directors on June 20, 2006 (June 2006, PDF, 1.55 MB)
• Download a copy of RTD's TOD policy, which was adopted by the RTD Board of Directors on April 18, 2006. (April 2006, PDF, 77 KB)
• Download a copy of the final report on the West Corridor TOD Workshop (March 2006, PDF, 3.9 MB)
• Download a copy of RTD's 2005 TOD Status Report, which tracks planning and development at existing and planned RTD stations (Nov. 2005, PDF, 3.9 MB)

If you have specific questions about RTD's TOD-related activities, please contact either Bill Sirois at or Gideon Berger at .

For more resources on Transit Oriented  Development visit the TOD Links.