NATIONAL CENTER FOR TRANSIT RESEARCH
Transit systems in rural and small urban areas are often viewed as valuable community assets due to the increased mobility they provide to those without other means of travel. The value of those services, however, has been largely unmeasured, and there are often impacts that go unidentified. As transit systems compete for funding at local, state, and federal levels, it is important to identify and quantify, where possible, the impacts that the services have within local communities, as well throughout the state or country.
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Cost-Benefit Analysis of Rural and Small Urban Transit
Wednesday, July 30th, 2014How We Move: Visualizing Data from the Human Activity Tracker App
Friday, July 25th, 2014Human helps people move almost twice as much in six weeks. Every day, people track millions of activities with our app. We visualized data in major cities all across the globe to get an insight into Human activity. Walking, running, cycling and motorized transportation data tell us different stories.
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View this complete post...The BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) Standard
Friday, June 27th, 2014Reconnecting Small-Town America by Bus: New Federal Transit Rules Spur Investment
Monday, June 23rd, 2014AARP PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE
Millions of rural residents have lost access to scheduled intercity bus service in recent years as the nation’s largest private carriers have focused on profitable, longer-haul interstate travel. This Spotlight on the Issues illustrates how one state has created a successful public–private initiative to restore service to its rural communities. What Washington State has accomplished serves as a model for other states looking to take advantage of alternative local match requirements.
Streetfilms: Charles Montgomery Discusses “Happy City” with Mark Gorton
Tuesday, June 17th, 2014Mark Gorton interviews award-winning journalist Charles Montgomery about his fantastic new book “Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Thru Urban Design,” which delves in to the hard-to-measure metric of happiness and how the built environment of the place we live directly affects us.
View this complete post...Why Creating & Preserving Affordable Homes Near Transit is a Highly Effective Climate Protection Strategy
Thursday, June 5th, 2014TRANSFORM
CALIFORNIA HOUSING PARTNERSHIP CORPORATION
A new analysis of data from Caltrans’ California Household Travel Survey (CHTS) completed in February 2013 shows that a well-designed program to put more affordable homes near transit would not just meet the requirements set by the California Air Resources Board (ARB), but would be a powerful and durable GHG reduction strategy – directly reducing driving while creating a host of economic and social benefits.
NYC: Smart Signals to Make Subways Run Faster
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2014Modernizing Subway Technology: How CBTC Works. To learn more about CBTC visit rpa.org/cbtc.
View this complete post...Florida: The Impacts of Transportation for Dialysis Treatment
Friday, May 30th, 2014NATIONAL CENTER FOR TRANSIT RESEARCH
In 2012, Community Transportation Coordinators (CTCs) in Central and Southeast Florida suggested that the increased demand for travel to dialysis treatment had begun to negatively impact their ability to meet the transportation needs of other mobility-challenged residents of their communities. In response to this observation, the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) at the University of South Florida (USF) undertook a multi-phased research project.
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