Taking some info from the 2000 Bay Area Travel Survey (2000 BATS), MTCH, I’ve included some interesting statistics regarding rail and ferry transit oriented development (TOD):

People who live or work within a ½ mile of a rail or ferry station:

-          4x as likely to use transit for all trips

-          30% of commute trips by transit

-          19% of all trips by transit

-          4x as likely to walk/bike to work

-          2x as likely to walk/bike for non-work trips

-          1/3 of households are zero-vehicle (3x the national average)

-          70% of commute trips made by people who work in San Francisco, live elsewhere and are close to rail/ferry transit

-          2x as likely to use transit for commuting despite living more than one mile from rail/ferry transit

-          2x as likely to walk for short trips (one mile or less) than people living farther from transit

-          50% decrease in automobile travel

-          ½ the vehicle miles of travel of suburban development