1. Accessibility and Convenience: It ensures that transportation is conveniently available to the population, irrespective of their income and social status, leading to a reduction in car dependency.
2. Reduced Congestion: The availability of public transit mitigates the number of cars on the road, resulting in reduced traffic congestion and decreased air pollution emissions.
3. Improved Mobility: Public transit-oriented development is beneficial to those populations that have no other means of transportation, like the elderly population, disabled, and those without access to a car, improving their mobility.
4. Economic Development: Transit-oriented development encourages a more vibrant economy, as it creates jobs, attracts businesses, and strengthens property values, thereby enhancing economic development.
5. Environmental Protection: It is the least pollutant mode of transportation as it significantly reduces air and noise pollution from vehicles.
6. Reduction of Urban Sprawl: The development of public transit infrastructure leads to a reduction in urban sprawl and provides a well-meaning connective infrastructure within a city.
7. Community Building: Transit-oriented development projects encourage walking and cycling, which, in turn, leads to a better sense of communities.
8. Health and Safety: Public transit-oriented development promotes active lifestyles and reduces car dependency, decreasing the risks of accidents and injuries associated with vehicular transportation.
9. Savings: Public transit systems are affordable, cost-effective, and can save residents hundreds of dollars a year on transportation costs.
10. Social Equity: It ensures that transportation, housing, and amenities like schools, parks, and grocery stores are easily accessible, thus building a more equitable and inclusive community for everyone.
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