Ten Common Sense Rules For TOD

I was looking in the archive for 10/2005 for something, and came across this. It emphasizes the point that TOD isn't about transit as much as it is about urban form, compact development, and mobility connected development.
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Ten Common Sense Rules For TOD, from Bruce Liedstrand, an ex-government official and now consultant in California. To my way of thinking, these are the basic principles of "Old Urbanism" and ought to be the kinds of guiding principles applied to center city land use issues, but often aren't, because most residents are new to city life and unfamiliar with urban, rather than suburban, principles. I think this is a pretty good document. Check it out for more detail.

The principles are:

1. Urban Form
2. Urban Uses.
3. Urban Intensity.
4. Mixed-Use.
5. Retail Location.
6. Reverse the normal parking rules.
7. Walkability.
8. Transit Connectivity.
9. Neighborhood Connectivity.
10. Value Capture.