This sounds exciting! …though I wish they were more specific about why they chose the thresholds they did (like why should only 1/3 of TOD residential bonuses be affordable?)
For those of y’all who like details but don’t want to watch an 8-minute YouTube video, they’re suggesting that the city seriously do two things:
- beef up transit overlay districts (TOD) around BRT stations with tax incentives + increased height/density allowances if a project uses the extra building space for additional jobs or affordable housing
- make it easier to build “missing middle” housing through residential TODs around BRT stations by lowering the regulatory bar to build them
