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FIGURE 3
STATION AREA PLANS
Station Area Plans establish specific controls on zoning, design, public spaces, pedestrian access, and
transit infrastructure at the local station level. Station area plans may implement typologies from a
larger regional TOD plan, or they may actually be the region’s strategy for TOD, absent a larger vision;
national best practice is split. They typically cover a radius of a quarter-mile to a half-mile around the
station area, and include all the zoning controls and design requirements necessary to shape the
community’s vision for development in their neighborhoods. Station Area Plans are often paired with
incentive programs and funding mechanisms to spur development. Figure 4 provides an example of a
map from a Station Area Plan.
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