2024 Transit-Oriented Communities (TOC) Planning and Implementation Grants – Program Overview

Application Period Now Closed

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) invites Bay Area public agencies to submit projects for local planning and policy development to advance MTC’s Transit-Oriented Communities (TOC) Policy. The TOC Policy supports the region's transit investments by creating communities around transit stations and along transit corridors that not only enable transit ridership, but also are places where Bay Area residents of all abilities, income levels, and racial and ethnic backgrounds can live, work and access services.

MTC is releasing approximately $20 million for local planning and policy development across all four components of the TOC Policy to help achieve these goals:

1. Increasing residential and commercial densities around station areas;
2. Adopting housing policies from the 3Ps framework (production, preservation and protection);
3. Adjusting minimum and maximum parking ratios as well as transportation demand management policies; and
4. Planning for station access that includes active transportation uses and mobility hub infrastructure.

MTC will provide grants to fund technical assistance and staff time to create and implement policies that will help jurisdictions to comply with each policy area. Jurisdictions may apply for as little as one or up to all categories of projects across this Call for Projects based on need and capacity to become TOC compliant in each area.

Eligible Applicants

Bay Area cities and counties with at least one TOC area are eligible to submit project proposals to one or more of the four components above. Jurisdictions that do not have a TOC Policy station area may also apply, by opting into the MTC TOC Policy (please see details in the Application Guide for more information).

Applicants must also have a housing element that was adopted by the applicant’s governing body and subsequently determined by the California Housing and Community Development (HCD) Department to comply with state Housing Element Law by the time awards are announced.

Please note that these grants are for planning and implementation projects only. For capital grant opportunities, please refer to MTC’s concurrent release of the 2024 Climate Program Implementation Grants.

Application Process

To apply, refer to the Transit Oriented Communities Planning and Implementation Grants: 2024 Application Guide and refer to the materials appropriate application form(s) below:

• Transit Oriented Communities Planning and Implementation Grants: 2024 Application Guide
• Transit Oriented Communities Planning and Implementation Grants: Zoning Density for New Residential and Commercial Office Development Application Form
• Transit Oriented Communities Planning and Implementation Grants: Housing Policies Application Form
• Transit Oriented Communities Planning and Implementation Grants: Parking Management Application Form
• Transit Oriented Communities Planning and Implementation Grants: Station Access and Circulation Application Form
• Post Award: Sample Resolution

Application Due Date

Applications were due Friday, November 22, 2024 at 4 p.m.

Virtual Information Session

A non-mandatory information session was held on Wednesday October 9. MTC staff for the four grant programs presented each program’s goals and eligible projects and application, and took questions from attendees. View the session video and slide deck.