Car-free Development: Where's the Transit?

“Quarry Village is a proposed 1,000-unit neighborhood that would fill a former quarry near Cal State East Bay and 1 1/2 miles from the Hayward BART Station…. I’m skeptical that you can eliminate cars in a development that is not directly on top of transit,” said Jeff Loux, a land-use expert and UC Davis professor who has visited Vauban.”

Quite a surprising article here on a new development that tries to be car-less without transit. Based on the existing body of knowledge on transit behavior research, Mr. Loux’s statement above strikes me as the understatement of the year so far, and he rely’s on the rational that a frequent shuttle system might actually supplant transit accessibility. I’d be surprised if he (and the developer end up being right.