Walkable Communities

What is a Parking & Transportation Demand Management (PTDM) Policy? A PTDM Policy requires new land use developments to implement measures that can reduce automobile trips and VMT. PTDM strategies

This document contains the Objective Development Standards adopted by the City of San Jose for Priority Development Areas (PDAs) and growth areas throughout the city in 2021. It provides site design

Form-based codes are land development regulations that support the creation of people-centered urban design and public spaces by prioritizing the regulation of physical form over uses. The Form-Based

Preventing pedestrian and cyclist injuries and deaths is the goal of Vision Zero. This presentation by the City of Fremont for the Planning Innovations forum talks about Fremont’s traffic crash trends

The Specific Plan was adopted by the City of Berkeley for its Adeline Corridor Priority Development Area (PDA). The Specific Plan provides goals, policies, and implementation strategies for the Plan

The Santa Rosa Downtown Station Area Specific Plan (DSASP) is an example of a Priority Development Area (PDA) plan. DSASP seeks to guide the intensification of an energetic commercial enterprise and

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)’s Safety Data System — to be ready by the end of 2021 — will improve cities’ and counties’ access to safety-related data and analysis tools, so they

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is working to reduce deaths and injuries from traffic collisions by supporting Bay Area Vision Zero initiatives. The number of people killed in traffic

In this three-part video series from AARP, Opticos Design’s Daniel Parolek introduces the concept of “missing middle housing” — a range of housing types from duplexes to triplexes to cottage courts to

In San Francisco, 75% of severe and fatal traffic injuries take place on only 13% of city streets, known as the High Injury Network. Half of these accidents take place in Equity Priority Communities