ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines the range of views that people have about transit orientated development (TOD), from strongly supportive to determinedly against and explores in few cases studies, some of the underlying reasons as to why people hold these views. It proposes some ways forward to build community support for TOD. Planners and activists who support TOD are ardent proponents because of its social and environmental benefits. Critically, to support implementation of TOD in practice not just theory TOD supporters also need to be convinced that the development sites either have adequate levels of public transport or they trust that public transport will be improved as the development is built to make it competitive with the car. TOD supporters can also be characterized as people who have a strong sense of community and who are happy to interact with a wide cross section of community, embracing diversity, including multicultural and socio-economic diversity.
