when urban areas were experiencing demand for rapid expansion and growth, the location of transportation facilities (and the accessibility they afforded) provided a strong influence to growth. In more recent times, it has become apparent that with the high level of accessibility already available through existing transportation systems, the use transportation investment by itself to influence land use is likely to produce minimal results. Thus, one of the key challenges to transportation officials and planners who desire to have a significant impact on land use is the development of a package of policies, incentives, and investment strategies that together can reinforce the movement to a desired development pattern [Moore and Thorsnes. Billen, 1996: Dunphy, 1997]. With the amount of attention that is given to the development influencing nature of transportation investment in many planning studies, some additional conclusions seem appropriate. First, transportation i only one factor that influences development decisions and, hence, land-use impacts. In general, land development impacts near transportation facilities are caused by many economic, govemmental and social factors including (l) regional demand for new development; (2) availability of developable land; (3) complementary local government actions (e.g., zon ng and land-use plans): (4) appropriate adjacent land uses; and (5) attractive sites for development. Public officials can, and have, used tax incentives, financial support, and technical assistance programs to influence developers' decisions as to the location of proposed projects The use of government influence in this way can indeed affect the land-use configuration at a particular site and perhaps more broadly if applied consistently. Second, transportation planning and investment should be coordinated with land-use planning. In Canada and in many other countries, transportation i regarded as a land use and is fully integrated with general urban planning. Although this is enerally not the case in the United States, such coordination is essential for the development of a transportation investment program that meets the development needs of an urban area. Third, the development of land in market-oriented economies is mainly the responsibility of private entrepreneurs and developers. Thus, the feasibility of new