Transit Oriented Development

Development 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 Transit Oriented Development (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 TOD 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 help facilitate TOD opportunities that increase ridership or enhance transit investments throughout the District through station design and close coordination with local jurisdictions and developers.

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

• Transit Oriented Development 2008 Status Report (January 2009, PDF, 4 MB)
  
• North Metro Corridor TOD Workshop Report (December 2008, PDF, 3 MB)
• I-225 Corridor TOD Workshop Report
  (December 2008, PDF, 1 MB)
  
• Strategic Plan for Transit Oriented Development, adopted by the RTD Board of Directors on September 16, 2008 (September 2008, PDF, 1.5 MB)
  
• Gold Line-East Corridor TOD/PPP Workshop Report
  (July 2008, PDF, 2.8 MB)
• 2007 TOD Status Report (December 2007, PDF, 4MB)
• TREX TOD Lessons Learned report (September 2007); 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)
  
• RTD's 2006 TOD Status Report; tracks urban planning and real estate development at existing and proposed station areas. (February 2007, 6.4 MB PDF)
  
• RTD's TOD policy, adopted by the RTD Board of Directors on April 18, 2006. (April 2006, PDF, 77 KB)
• West Corridor TOD Workshop (March 2006, PDF, 3.9 MB)
• RTD's 2005 TOD Status Report, (Nov. 2005, PDF, 3.9 MB)

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

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