Absrtact: in the background of transit priority changing to Transit City and transit power, in order to deal with the problems of construction land shortage and traffic jam brought by rapid urbanization, bus-oriented development (Tod) has become a key path for local governments to lead high-quality urbanization. Most local governments have put into practice a lot of locally-rooted Tod policies in the light of urban rail transit planning, construction and operation. Based on the characteristics of multi-level planning and multi-sector coordination, understanding the policy tools and practice mechanism of Tod will help improve the effectiveness of Tod. Based on 135 Tod policies in 35 cities, using NVIVO text analysis and case study methods, focusing on planning and overall planning, transfer of land development rights, development design and index control, investment and financing model, this paper analyzes the policy tools and practical characteristics of Tod, it is helpful to understand the implementation path of the localization of Tod. The research shows that in China, the most policy tools for Tod are environmental ones (68.09%) , supply ones (27.99%) and demand ones (3.92%) , it gradually presents the characteristics of government-led and market-oriented operation, establishes a more mature top-level design and overall planning mechanism, and forms innovations in financing structure, land development right transfer, index control and adjustment, etc. . In the future, the practice of Tod of local government should combine its own advantages, promote multi-financing, efficient overall planning, density management and other optimization paths to enhance the comprehensive benefits of Tod. Foundation: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) project“Study on intercity transportation evolution, housing cost difference and cross-regional job-housing selection mechanism in metropolitan area”(No. 42271201) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Project“Research on land development structure, price evolution and premium capture mechanism along urban rail transit”(No. 42001174) ; The key project of Zhejiang Philosophy and social science planning, “Research on cross-border transportation coordination mechanism and spatial governance in the perspective of common prosperity”(No. 23NDJC015Z) ; The project“Pattern, process and mechanism of interaction between traffic and space in metropolitan area: Multi-source data simulation”(no. : 2023QL016) was supported by Ningbo Young Innovative Talents Project