You can definitely force developers to contribute to Transit development. In London, for example, the developer for Battersea Power Station was required to cont

You can definitely force developers to contribute to Transit development. In London, for example, the developer for Battersea Power Station was required to contribute £100 million (~ $150m) to the extension of the Northern Line (part of the London Underground 'Tube' network).[1] In a dense city like London, which doesn't have the wide roads and car-focus of US Cities, transit is important and the value of residential property here is very highly correlated with distance to transit hubs. For a developer, it can make a lot of economic sense to develop transit to new developments. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battersea_Power_Station#2012_redevelopment_plans http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battersea_Power_Station#2012_re...