TOD Library and Planning Resources

TOD Office Publications

Development Trends Along Transit Reports:

• 2025

• 2024

• 2023

• 2022

• 2021

• 2020

• 2019

• 2018

Transit-Oriented Development and Zoning in Cities with High-Frequency Transit, 2023 Intern

Comprehensive Land Use Planning in High Frequency Transit Corridors, 2021

Land Value Tax Analysis, 2021

Regional TOD Advancement through FTA TOD Pilot Program (2021)

• TOD Pilot Program Report – Blue Line Extension LRT (2021)

• TOD Pilot Program Report – Gold Line BRT (2021)

Sidewalk Network Data Pilot Project – 2019

Minneapolis Residential Development Trends 2014-2018

Building 21st Century Suburbs

Developer's Guide to Transit Oriented Development

Transit-Accessible Child Care Study

Towerside Innovation District Parking Framework

Parking District FAQs

TOD on Publicly Owned Land – 2015 HHH Capstone

Guide to Ground Leases

Guide to SAC Credits

BRTOD - State of the Practice in the United States 

The TOD Evaluation Method – 2018 HHH Capstone

Metropolitan Council

2040 Transportation Policy Plan

Metropolitan Council TOD Overview

Metropolitan Council TOD Policy

Station and Support Facility Design Guidelines User Guide: A Supplement to the Regional Transitway Design Guidelines

TOD Guide for Local Planners

Other resources

APTA – Transit Parking 101

Equitable Development Scorecard

Federal Transit Administration Joint Development Guide

Housing and Transportation Affordability Index

Minneapolis – Minimum Parking Ordinance

Minnesota Green Step Cities –TOD Ordinance

NACTO Transit Street Design Guide

TCRP 102 – Transit Oriented Development in the United States: Experiences, Challenges, and Prospects

TCRP 128 – Effects of TOD on Housing, Parking and Travel

TCRP 182 – Linking Transit Agencies and Land Use Decision Making