Increasing the model share of public transport relative to the private car presents one of the basic elements of sustainable urban mobility. The coordination of transport and land use policies is an essential element in order to increase public transit attractiveness. "Transit oriented urban design" means a specific urban conception depending on existing or proposed public transport system. The paper presents a particular study dealing with reciprocal relation between the tramway system and the serviced area represented by tramway stations pedestrian accessibility and land use. Liberec in North Bohemia and Orleáns in Central France were chosen as two study areas for the comparative analysis. Two kinds of methods are used: more common land use analysis and less usual pedestrian network characteristics analysis (pedestrian accessibility, security and legibility) in tramway stations surroundings. The analyses are carried out with GIS methods (network analyses and map algebra). Data availability for the Czech Republic and France, their difficulties and comparison are discussed. The results are applicable as support for urban design conceptions focused on increasing of public transit attractiveness and reinforcing their role in city transportation system. The problems are solved by an interdisciplinary approach of geoinformatics, geography, transportation engineering and urbanism.