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Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Transit Center

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Finance & Procurement

Microtransit involves running on-demand services with smaller vehicles that people can summon without walking to a fixed location like a bus stop. This brief argues that microtransit is incapable of serving the same scale of ridership as fixed-route buses and trains. Microtransit...

The Innovative DOT: A handbook of policy and practice

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2012

Level State, City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Smart Growth America

Policy Areas Community Development, Economic Justice, Environment & Natural Resources, Transportation & Mobility

Inadequate transportation services and traditional means of funding must be reformed to improve safety, reduce congestion, and enhance economic opportunities. This handbook outlines innovation transportation approaches to make systems more efficient and effective. Best practices include...

Minneapolis Streets 2030: Transportation Action plan

Type Fact Sheet or Infographic

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) Minnesota

Source MPLS Streets

Policy Areas Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility

Complete Streets support multimodal transportation options while simultaneously accomplishing climate and equity policy goals. Minneapolis' plan utilizes design strategies for promoting safety and accessibility, prioritizing transit lanes, bike networks, and pedestrian zones. The...

A Transit Agenda for the COVID-19 Emergency

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Transit Center

Policy Areas Public Safety, Health, Transportation & Mobility

The effects of COVID-19 pose serious challenges for safe and reliable transit service. This report summarizes current epidemiological knowledge about COVID-19 and transit, and explores how city dwellers feel about utilizing public transportation again. Using this information, the...

Voting is the Easy Part: Why LA’s Measure M Hasn’t Led to Greater Transit Use

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Transit Center

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Finance & Procurement

In 2016, citizens of Los Angeles voted in favor of Measure M, a ½-cent sales tax increase that will raise $120 billion over forty years for transit expansion and maintenance, and traffic and street improvements. Despite this, transit ridership in Los Angeles has continued to fall....

Increasing Access to Essential Health Functions: The Role of Transportation in Improving America’s Health

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town, County, National, State

State(s) All States

Source Eno Center for Transportation

Policy Areas Health, Transportation & Mobility

This paper outlines the ways in which transportation, health, and healthcare are interrelated. In particular, it describes how a lack of access to transportation can cause poor health outcomes and high healthcare costs. To mitigate this challenge, this report calls on public agencies...

Safety for All

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) All States, California, Oregon

Source Transit Center

Policy Areas Civil Rights, Public Safety, Transportation & Mobility

Incidents of harassment, crime, and violence on or near mass transit compromise riders’ safety, degrade their experience, and reduce utilization. Historically, transit agencies have sought to use a police presence to create a sense of safety and security. While police help reduce...

A Budding Model: Los Angeles’s Flower Street Bus Lane

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town

State(s) California

Source Eno Center for Transportation

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility

In June 2019, Los Angeles Metro installed a peak-hour bus lane in downtown Los Angeles as a strategy for addressing anticipated traffic delays. This report analyzes the Flower Street pilot's implementation, enforcement, and performance. It finds that the bus lane greatly improved...

Wilcox Boulevard Bridge - River to Ridge Mobility Project

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2023

Level City or Town

State(s) Tennessee

Source Katie Snyder, City of Chattanooga Transportation Engineer; Alfred Benesch & Company; CDOT Public Works

Policy Areas Community Development, Transportation & Mobility

Limited east-west travel and mobility constraints in the River to Ridge area of East Chattanooga restrict access to jobs, parks, and essential services. This report outlines implement a ADA-compliant structure that includes pedestrian and multi-use paths while maintaining freight...

Austin’s Project Connect: Independent Review of Governance and Leadership

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2022

Level City or Town

State(s) Texas

Source Eno Center for Transportation

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility

The City of Austin and Capital Metro are responsible for carrying out Project Connect, a multi-billion dollar infrastructure program that will build new and enhance existing rapid transit in Austin. This report evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of both joint and separate...

A Bid for Better Transit: Improving service with contracted operations

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town, National, County, State

State(s) All States

Source TransitCenter

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility

Service contracting is a tool that government can use to improve transit service quality for riders and better position transit agencies to succeed in today's dynamic transportation industry. This report provides six case studies that show how cities have utilized service contracting...

Complete Streets Local Policy Workbook

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2012

Level City or Town, County

State(s) All States

Source Smart Growth America

Policy Areas Environment & Natural Resources, Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility, Public Safety

This workbook is a starting point for local leaders to begin mapping out a complete streets policy to foster safe and accessible roads for all road users in a community, including drivers, cyclists, pedestrians and other motorists. The workbook emphasizes the need for local leaders...

Minimum Width and Buffer Requirements for Sidewalks

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Sustainable Development Code

Policy Areas Community Development, Democracy & Governance, Economic Justice, Environment & Natural Resources, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility

Local governments should update zoning codes to mandate sidewalk vegetation buffer zones that separate pedestrians from vehicles. This policy memo highlights how these buffers improve pedestrian mobility and safety, reduce stormwater management costs, increase access to public transportation,...

Personal Safety and Transit: Paths, Environments, Stops, and Stations

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2002

Level City or Town

State(s) Minnesota

Source Center for Transportation Studies

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility

In 2002, as the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area embarked on a project to improve transit service, it was critical to establish priorities in the process. The top priority established was the safety of transit users as new services are added and old services are changed. The recommendation...

Prospering in Place

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2012

Level City or Town, County, Other Boards and Agencies

State(s) Illinois

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Community Development, Economic Justice

Connecting public transit to employment hubs is an important tool for improving transportation efficiency and local economic development. This report recommends Chicago invest in transit-oriented development (TOD) and cargo-oriented development COD). It also outlines how affordable...

How Ohio Funds Public Transit

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2017

Level City or Town

State(s) Ohio

Source Policy Matters Ohio

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility

This report highlights the inadequate funding and strains faced by public transit in Ohio, emphasizing the need for increased support from the state. More funding must be needed to ensure the city's ability to maintain services and expand to meet growing demands. The report proposes...

Access Across America: Transit 2019

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2019

Level City or Town, County, National

State(s) All States

Source Center for Transportation Studies

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility

Transportation accessibility, or the ease and feasibility of reaching destinations, can be measured for a wide array of transportation modes, to different types of destinations, and at different times of the day. However, the most transparent and directly comparable metric is the...

Policing + Transit

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2020

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Transit Center

Policy Areas Public Safety, Transportation & Mobility

Many transit agencies apply an overly punitive approach to minor transgressions. For example, this report argues that current methods of fare enforcement are too harsh. Fare evasion should be decriminalized, and the penalties should be made proportional to the severity of offense....

Saving Time and Making Cents: A Blueprint for Building Transit Better

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town, County, National, State

State(s) All States

Source Eno Center for Transportation

Policy Areas Finance & Procurement, Transportation & Mobility

Transit projects in the United States suffer from high costs and take longer to complete than they do abroad. After conducting 117 interviews with key stakeholders, this report finds that institutional structure and decision-making, procurement specifications, utility relocation,...

The Data Transit Riders Want: A Shared Agenda for Public Agencies and Transit Application Developers

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Transit Center

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Data & Technology

High quality transit IT provides real-time displays schedules, route networks, vehicle locations, fare structures, and ridership patterns makes life easier for transit riders, public agencies, and application developers. Oftentimes, however, agencies release low-quality data that...

2011 Austin Ordinance 1006-053 Ordinance Establishing a Parking Benefit District

Type Ordinance or Resolution

Year 2011

Level City or Town

State(s) Texas

Source City of Austin

Policy Areas Community Development, Public Spaces, Transportation & Mobility, Finance & Procurement

This ordinance establishes a parking benefit district program. A parking benefit district is an area in which a percentage of the funds collected from a paid parking space is used to fund improvements that promote walking, cycling, and public transit within the district. This ordinance...

Leading With Transit: How City Leadership on Transit Can Create More Equitable, Sustainable, and Economically Vibrant Cities

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2018

Level City or Town

State(s) All States

Source Mayors Innovation Project

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility

This brief focuses on what cities can do to create equitable and efficient transit that benefits everyone. An equitable transit system must be safe, convenient, affordable, and accessible; responsive to community needs; and integrated with other policy areas. Moreover, it outlines...

Minnesota's best practices for pedestrian and bicycle safety

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year -

Level County, State

State(s) Minnesota

Source Minnesota Department of Transportation

Policy Areas Community Development, Transportation & Mobility

Pedestrian and bicycle safety, especially on suburban arterial roads, is a growing concern due to increasing rates of crashes. This guide presents a range of strategies to mitigate risk including: retrofitting crosswalks and sidewalks, restructuring traffic signals and adding boulevards....

Clean Mobility Equity: A Playbook - Lessons from California’s Clean Transportation Programs

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2021

Level City or Town, County, State

State(s) California

Source The Greenlining Institute

Policy Areas Energy, Transportation & Mobility

Mobility equity programs help fight climate change, improve mobility in underserved communities, and reduce automobile dependence. This report examines innovative clean mobility programs in California and provides best practices for moving towards green transportation. Recommendations...

Reconnecting Fort Wayne: Transportation

Type Policy Brief or Report

Year 2007

Level City or Town

State(s) Indiana

Source Center for Neighborhood Technology

Policy Areas Transportation & Mobility, Economic Justice, Education

This report discusses the potential of a UPASS system for reducing congestion, increasing accessibility and affordability, and promoting public transportation in Fort Wayne in areas around the many universities. UPASS systems are areas or regions that offer unlimited access to all...

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