In November 2010, the ULI Infrastructure Initiative, with funding from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, hosted a forum in Washington, D.C., to explore how various sectors—including private sector developers, philanthropy, governments, transit service providers, and advocates—can better work together to achieve equitable transit-oriented development.

The forum, entitled Promoting Cross-Sector Partnerships for Equitable Transit-Oriented Development, explored questions including: What does it take to create and sustain these challenging partnerships? What are effective strategies, and what are some strong operating principles for moving forward?

Four transit corridors with existing or emerging partnership strategies were selected to focus on in the forum: the Denver West Corridor Line, the Seattle Central Link, the Minneapolis–St. Paul Central Corridor, and the Atlanta BeltLine.

The forum report documents the following:

• Summary of the November 2010 forum
• Ten principles developed by forum participants
• Case studies of the participating corridors and regions

The ideas offered in this report are intended to serve as a departure point for further discussions between leaders from sectors across the country interested in using cross-sector partnerships to build more equitable mixed-income communities.