Because it hasn't been mentioned yet, here in California / San Francisco there's finally a bill being put forward to mandate higher density near transit: https:

Because it hasn't been mentioned yet, here in California / San Francisco there's finally a bill being put forward to mandate higher density near transit: https://sf.curbed.com/platform/amp/2018/1/4/16850000/transportation-near-housing-bonus-wiener-ting https://sf.curbed.com/platform/amp/2018/1/4/16850000/transpo... . The challenge really is that people block this kind of development. Most of San Francisco is 2-3 stories with 3-6 units per building. Given the value of the land beneath, that sets a floor on pricing greater than $200k per unit. Then you have to pay for all the legal and development fees to push this through the planning process, and work with the community. The reason developers make small buildings is that they don't stand a chance at getting larger buildings through community input, discretionary reviews and so on. It's not clear to me that this new bill attempts to address that angle. FAR (floor area ratio) isn't nearly the burden the article makes it sound like, but DR (discretionary review) from neighbors certainly is, and often rightly so. Presumably having a transit bonus on the books will encourage planning to tell people "tough shit" if they're trying to oppose larger projects in transit dense areas. Expect bigger projects in SOMA and the Mission :).