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.