[T]he transit village is a compact, mixed-use community, centered around the transit
station that, by design, invites residents, workers, and shoppers to drive their cars
less and ride mass transit more…. Transit villages also offer alternative living and
working environments that combine the suburban values and lifestyle preferences
for open space, human-scale buildings, and sense of security with the more
traditionally urban values of walking to neighborhood shops, meeting people on the
street, and being in a culturally diverse setting (pp. 5,7).