Advocates of transit-oriented development (TOD) in the

Advocates of transit-oriented development (TOD) in the San Francisco Bay Area are talking about reducing the number of parking spaces that must be provided when parking lots at BART stations are redeveloped for housing and other uses. TOD projects are in planning throughout the Bay Area, but many are impeded by the Bay Area Rapid Transit System’s requirement that one parking space be created for each “free” parking space eliminated through development. TOD advocates are hoping that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will support state legislation to change the policy. The Pleasant Hill BART Station plan, a widely praised TOD design, has been held up by replacement parking issues, according to the authors of a nationwide TOD report released in late summer, 2004. u