New Paradigms for Local Public Transportation Organizations
New Paradigms for Local Public Transportation Organizations

Author: Transit Cooperative Research Program

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9780309066105

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This report will be of interest to individuals and organizations seeking fundamental change and innovation in public transportation. This report is the first step in examining how new paradigms might be introduced into local public transportation. It summarizes the key forces and factors that appear to necessitate a paradigm shift--a reinvention of the organizations that now have or share responsibility for local public transportation services.

Emerging New Paradigms
Emerging New Paradigms

Author: Transit Cooperative Research Program

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 115

ISBN-13: 0309087740

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Describes how public transportation organizations have entered an era of fundamental change and examines how they are responding to dramatic new expectations and imperatives that have triggered the emergence of a "new paradigm" throughout business and industry worldwide.

Transforming Public Transportation Institutional and Business Models
Transforming Public Transportation Institutional and Business Models

Author: Tamar Henkin

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 0309258693

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" TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 159: Transforming Public Transportation Institutional and Business Models offers strategy for defining and implementing transformative change in institutional and business models, thus facilitating the operation and maintenance of public transportation systems. The report identifies the components of transformative change and examines potential consequences of change. " -- pub. desc.

E-transit
E-transit

Author: Matthew A. Coogan

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 86

ISBN-13: 0309099218

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Changing Course
Changing Course

Author: Asian Development Bank

Publisher: Asian Development Bank

Published: 2009-10-01

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 9292547186

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Most Asian cities have grown more congested, more sprawling, and less livable in recent years; and statistics suggest that this trend will continue. Rather than mitigate the problems, transport policies have often exacerbated them. In this book, the Asian Development Bank outlines a new paradigm for sustainable urban transport that gives Asian cities a workable, step-by-step blueprint for reversing the trend and moving toward safer, cleaner, more sustainable cities, and a better quality of urban life.

Strategic Planning and Management in Transit Agencies
Strategic Planning and Management in Transit Agencies

Author: Judson J. Lawrie

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 0309097460

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This synthesis provides information for transit and transportation professionals who seek to address planning and management issues in the transit industry. This document is intended for internal management decision makers; general managers and agency board members. It might offer external stakeholders such as local governments and businesses, as well as the public, increased awareness in helping define a transit agencys role and responsibilities to the community, thus aiding the development of outside support for an agencys mission.