Transit-Oriented Development (TOD)

What is TOD?

Transit-oriented development (TOD) is well designed, mixed-use, higher density development adjacent to frequent transit. It helps communities and transit agencies increase sustainable transit ridership, revitalize communities, enhance regional quality of life, and strengthen economic competitiveness. By focusing housing and jobs near transit, communities can accommodate new growth while minimizing associated congestion and environmental impacts.


Latest News

March 7, 2024: A public draft of the BART Transit-Oriented Development Program Work Plan: 2024 Update (2024 TOD Work Plan Update) is now available. BART staff are scheduled to present an information item to the BART Board of Directors on Thursday, March 14, at their meeting, which starts at 9am. The 2024 TOD Work Plan Update presents five-year increment timeframes for advancing identified BART sites to developer solicitation. Once finalized, it will override findings from BART’s Transit-Oriented Development Program Work Plan, Public Draft: August 2020 (2020 TOD Work Plan). 


Board-Adopted Policies Guiding TOD

BART’s TOD Program is guided by the following Board-adopted policy documents:

Visit the Transit-Oriented Development Guidelines page for more details on BART's procedures to advance transit-oriented development. 


TOD Goals

BART strives to achieve its six TOD Policy goals through both station area planning and development of BART-owned property. These six goals are:

  • Complete Communities: Partner to ensure BART contributes to neighborhood/district vitality, creating places offering a mix of uses and incomes.

  • Sustainable Communities Strategy: Lead in the delivery of the region's land use and transportation vision to achieve quality of life, economic, and greenhouse gas reduction goals.

  • Ridership: Increase BART ridership, particularly in locations and times when the system has capacity to grow.

  • Value Creation and Value Capture: Enhance the stability of BART's financial base by capturing the value of transit and reinvesting in the program to maximize TOD goals.

  • Transportation Choice: Leverage land use and urban design to encourage non-auto transportation choices both on and off BART property, through enhanced walkability and bike-ability, and seamless transit connectivity.

  • Affordability: Serve households of all income levels by linking housing affordability with access to opportunity.

BART's performance to date is encapsulated in the graphic below, which is an excerpt from BART's 2020 TOD Work Plan:

BART TOD Goals and Performance


BART's Progress to Date and TOD Work Plans

BART has 22 completed projects and 8 projects are in predevelopment. No projects are currently in construction. More on these individual projects can be found at the Completed TOD Projects and Upcoming TOD Projects pages. The table of BART’s TOD Portfolio, shown below, is periodically updated to summarize the program’s efforts and reflect the dynamic nature of development plans.

Additionally, BART owns an estimated 250 acres at 27 stations that could accommodate future development. BART makes decisions about where and how to invest in future TOD based on its TOD Work Plans. Links to documents and ArcView GIS showing BART’s property are found in the Materials and Resources section below.

Table of BART's TOD Portfolio (Updated March 2024)

 
 
 
 
 
 

Description 

 
 
 
 
 

Residential 

 
 
 
 
 

Commercial1 

 
 
 
 

Total 
(DU) 

 
 
 
 

Affordable 
(DU) 

 
 
 
 

Affordable 
(%) 

 
 
 
 

Office 
(SF) 

 
 
 
 

Retail 
(SF) 

 
 
 
 
 

Station & project phase (Year complete) 

 
 
 
 

Complete 

 
 
 
 
 

Castro Valley Ph 1 (1993) 

 
 
 
 

96 

 
 
 
 

96 

 
 
 
 

100% 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

Hayward Ph 1 (1998) 

 
 
 
 

77 

 
 
 
 

0 

 
 
 
 

0% 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

Ashby Ph 1-Ed Roberts (2001) 

 
 
 
 

0 

 
 
 
 

0 

 
 
 
 

0% 

 
 
 
 

80,000 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

Fruitvale Ph 1 (2004) 

 
 
 
 

47 

 
 
 
 

10 

 
 
 
 

21% 

 
 
 
 

27,000 

 
 
 
 

37,000 

 
 
 
 
 

Richmond Ph 1 (2004) 

 
 
 
 

132 

 
 
 
 

66 

 
 
 
 

50% 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

15,000 

 
 
 
 
 

Pleasant Hill/CC Centre Blocks A & B (2008) 

 
 
 
 

422 

 
 
 
 

84 

 
 
 
 

20% 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

35,590 

 
 
 
 
 

Dublin/ Pleasanton Ph 1-Dublin (2008) 

 
 
 
 

240 

 
 
 
 

0 

 
 
 
 

0% 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

West Dublin/ Pleasanton Ph 1-Dublin (2013) 

 
 
 
 

309 

 
 
 
 

0 

 
 
 
 

0% 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

MacArthur Ph 1 (2016) 

 
 
 
 

90 

 
 
 
 

90 

 
 
 
 

100% 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

San Leandro Ph 1 (2017) 

 
 
 
 

115 

 
 
 
 

115 

 
 
 
 

100% 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

South Hayward Ph 1 (2017) 

 
 
 
 

357 

 
 
 
 

150 

 
 
 
 

43% 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

Fruitvale Ph 2A (2018) 

 
 
 
 

94 

 
 
 
 

92 

 
 
 
 

98% 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

Pleasant Hill/CC Centre Block C (2018) 

 
 
 
 

200 

 
 
 
 

0 

 
 
 
 

0% 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

MacArthur Ph 2 (2019) 

 
 
 
 

385 

 
 
 
 

0 

 
 
 
 

0% 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

33,000 

 
 
 
 
 

San Leandro Ph 2 (2019) 

 
 
 
 

85 

 
 
 
 

85 

 
 
 
 

100% 

 
 
 
 

5,000 

 
 
 
 

1,000 

 
 
 
 
 

West Dublin/ Pleasanton Ph 2-Pleasanton (2019) 

 
 
 
 

0 

 
 
 
 

0 

 
 
 
 

0% 

 
 
 
 

410,000 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

Coliseum Ph 1 (2019) 

 
 
 
 

110 

 
 
 
 

55 

 
 
 
 

50% 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

MacArthur Ph 3 (2020) 

 
 
 
 

403 

 
 
 
 

45 

 
 
 
 

11% 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

13,000 

 
 
 
 
 

Walnut Creek Ph 2 (2023) 

 
 
 
 

358 

 
 
 
 

0 

 
 
 
 

0% 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

14,000 

 
 
 
 
 

Millbrae (2023) 

 
 
 
 

400 

 
 
 
 

100 

 
 
 
 

25% 

 
 
 
 

150,000 

 
 
 
 

45000 

 
 
 
 
 

Balboa Park (2023) 

 
 
 
 

131 

 
 
 
 

131 

 
 
 
 

100% 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

3,000 

 
 
 
 
 

Fruitvale Ph 2B (2024) 

 
 
 
 

181 

 
 
 
 

179 

 
 
 
 

99% 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

6,000 

 
 
 
 
 

Total complete 

 
 
 
 

4,232  

 
 
 
 

1,298  

 
 
 
 

31% 

 
 
 
 

672,000 

 
 
 
 

202,590 

 
 
 
 
 

Station & project phase 

 
 
 
 

In construction 

 
 
 
 
 

None 

 
 
 
 

- 

 
 
 
 

- 

 
 
 
 

- 

 
 
 
 

- 

 
 
 
 

- 

 
 
 
 
 

Total in construction 

 
 
 
 

0 

 
 
 
 

0 

 
 
 
 

0 

 
 
 
 

0 

 
 
 
 

0 

 
 
 
 
 

Station & project phase 

 
 
 
 

Predevelopment 

 
 
 
 
 

West Oakland Ph 1 

 
 
 
 

762 

 
 
 
 

240 

 
 
 
 

31% 

 
 
 
 

~380,000 

 
 
 
 

~50,000 

 
 
 
 
 

Lake Merritt Block 1 

 
 
 
 

457 

 
 
 
 

133 

 
 
 
 

29% 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

West Dublin/ Pleasanton Ph 3-Dublin 

 
 
 
 

300 

 
 
 
 

300 

 
 
 
 

100% 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

Lake Merritt Block 2 

 
 
 
 

100 

 
 
 
 

100 

 
 
 
 

100% 

 
 
 
 

~500,000 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

El Cerrito Plaza 

 
 
 
 

743 

 
 
 
 

370 

 
 
 
 

~50% 

 
 
 
 

~20,000 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

North Berkeley 

 
 
 
 

750 

 
 
 
 

260 

 
 
 
 

~35% 

 
 
 
 

~7,000 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

Richmond Ph 2 

 
 
 
 

520 

 
 
 
 

209 

 
 
 
 

40% 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

Walnut Creek Ph 3 

 
 
 
 

238 

 
 
 
 

0 

 
 
 
 

0% 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

12,000 

 
 
 
 
 

Total predevelopment 

 
 
 
 

3,870 

 
 
 
 

1,612 

 
 
 
 

42% 

 
 
 
 

907,000  

 
 
 
 

62,000 

 
 
 
 
 

Grand total 

 
 
 
 

8,102 

 
 
 
 

2,910 

 
 
 
 

36% 

 
 
 
 

1,579,000 

 
 
 
 

264,590 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

Station & project phase 

 
 
 
 

Presolicitation

 
 
 
 
 

Ashby Ph 2-West lot 

 
 
 
 

750 

 
 
 
 

TBD 

 
 
 
 

35-50% 

 
 
 
 

0 

 
 
 
 

0 

 
 
 
 
 

Total presolicitation

 
 
 
 

750 

 
 
 
 

TBD 

 
 
 
 

35-50% 

 
 
 
 

0 

 
 
 
 

0 

 
 
 
 
 

1 Millbrae's project also includes 164 hotel rooms 

 
 
 
 
 

DU = Dwelling units; SF = Square feet