Guidelines for Enhancing Suburban Mobility Using Public Transportation
Guidelines for Enhancing Suburban Mobility Using Public Transportation

Author: Transit Cooperative Research Program

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 9780309066129

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Guidelines for enhancing suburban mobility: Overview and summary of findings -- Suburban transit services: The planning context -- Actions to modify and improve the overall suburban transit framework -- Circulators and shuttles -- Subscription buses and vanpools -- Summary: Lessons and conclusions -- Bibliography -- Appendix A: Classifying suburban environments.

Enhancing the Visibility and Image of Transit in the United States and Canada
Enhancing the Visibility and Image of Transit in the United States and Canada

Author: Wirthlin Worldwide

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 9780309066600

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The report documents and presents how the image of transit can be strengthened by building on existing positive perceptions. The research provides a communications strategy to guide national, regional, and local efforts to enhance the image and visibility of transit in order to create a more positive and supportive environment.

Guidebook for Developing Welfare-to-work Transportation Services
Guidebook for Developing Welfare-to-work Transportation Services

Author:

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780309066648

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This report provides information about the role of transportation in supporting welfare-to-work initiatives and identifies practical strategies to improve access to job opportunities for former welfare recipients making the transition to work. The Guidebook describes service approaches that include modifications to existing mass transit services, coordination between transportation services, ridesharing programs, automobile ownership programs, and collaborations between faith-based and community-based groups.

Transit Markets of the Future
Transit Markets of the Future

Author: Sandra Rosenbloom

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 9780309062534

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Examines the effects of current trends (e.g., demographic, economic, social, land use, and transport policy) and trends expected over the next 15 years on current and future transit markets. Although many of these trends are not favorable to public transit, a number are identified that provide opportunities for maintaining current transit markets and creating new, expanded, or different transit markets. The report identifies 40 transit service concepts that appear to offer the most effective means of adjusting to these societal trends.

The Future Highway Transportation System and Society
The Future Highway Transportation System and Society

Author: Research and Technology Coordinating Committee (U.S.)

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 198

ISBN-13: 9780309062183

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The purpose of this study was to provide the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) with specific research recommendations designed to develop a better understanding of a broad range of societal, economic, and institutional factors that affect--and are affected by--the nation's highway transportation system. The report is organized in four chapters and six appendices.