Local Area Plan (LAP) is a planning instrument to integrate city-level mobility and infrastructure development envisioned in a development plan, with neighbourhood level accessibility and area-level improvement either through natural process of urban renewal or through planned redevelopment.

Transit Oriented Development (TOD) aims to make cities more liveable by connecting place of work to place of residence of inhabitants, by planning accessible, dense and diverse urban places around a transit corridor, supported by walkable and cycle friendly neighbourhoods and well-designed public realm.

The handbook presents and demonstrates an Indian model of LAP around transit, which will assist relevant authorities in implementing integrated land use and transport planning, for Indian cities. The process demonstrated includes four key aspects: database creation, institutional arrangements and financial planning in addition to spatial-economic planning.

The book has been designed and is meant for all the relevant stakeholders i.e. the political leaders, citizens, private developers, banking institutions, government officials and planning authority.