A+UD, in association with its long-time collaborator AECOM, was selected to complete an Alternative Analysis Study (AAS) for a Mass Transit System in accordance with MAP21 guidelines. Besides fulfilling the lead program management role, we also addressed project requirements on urban planning and TOD, critical to foster the city’s economic development and urban revitalization goals, using mass transit as the tool to weave a traditional urban center with the sprawled and congested suburban environment that characterizes its periphery.