Abstract-TOD-related studies have mostly come with empirical models and urban design concepts, lacking theoretical basis and perched on pending assessment about whether regional planning is in line with the TOD ideas and orientation. Therefore, how to alter the current TOD patterns by, instead, taking the walking environment as the main appeal in order to shape up friendly living surroundings has become the top issue in the development of Taiwan's TOD cities. In the discussions, this paper tries to explain how to rearrange the land use around MRT stations in order to get people attracted to walking. The main results of this study include proposed integration of TOD land development with the walking environment and, based on the analytical findings, bringing in TOD ideas and concepts for future land development.Index Terms-Transit-oriented development, space syntax, land use.

Urban forms are shaped under transport-land use connection. According to literature reviews, urban forms can be divided into six kinds from 1880 to 1990, traditional walking city, industrial transit city, automobile-oriented development city (compact or sprawl), transit-related development city and transit-oriented development city (TOD). Although many cities in the world had attempted to shape their urban forms like TOD in the 1990s, they didnt have definite goals and strategies to achieve it. On the other hand, there is neither systematic discussion nor comparative analysis concerning how to determine the original urban form of these cities. In this case, it is unlikely for them to become a TOD city in effective and suitable ways. As a sequence, this paper aims at reviewing literature , designing two sets of strategies to shape TOD urban form for policy-makers reference.