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Role of Transportation Planning in the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy Process: A Nationwide Scan

National Association of Development Organizations (NADO)

Center for Transportation Advancement and Regional Development

2009

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Many public policy issues extend beyond municipal boundaries, necessitating regional approaches to community and economic development in both metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. Transportation, water treatment, information technology, and environmental issues are prime examples. Planning and decision-making at the regional level, however important, often encounter problems due to issues such as conflicting interests of participating governments and the distances covered. Nevertheless, effective regional planning is needed to promote local assets.

Metropolitan and Rural Transportation Planning: Case Studies and Checklists for Regional Collaboration

National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Research Foundation

Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO)

2009

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The National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Research Foundation and Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO), with funding support from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), developed the following guide to facilitate improved collaboration, communication and partnerships among the nation’s metropolitan planning organizations, rural transportation planning organizations, state departments of transportation and other entities. To date, little national research has been conducted on the partnership efforts of MPOs and RPOs. This report aims to help enhance that discussion.

Rural Local Officials Consultation Assessment Guide: Evaluating Your Knowledge and Input into the Statewide Transportation Planning Process

National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) Research Foundation

2008

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This guide intends to provide rural local elected and appointed officials, along with their regional planning organizations, with a framework for appraising the effectiveness, timeliness and results of their involvement and input into the statewide transportation planning and decision-making processes within their respective states.

Framework for Action: building the Fully Coordinated Transportation System

United We Ride

Leaders in communities and states across the country have greatly improved mobility for millions of people over the last several decades. The shift away from providing rides to managing mobility is driving the success of fully coordinated transportation systems.

Executive Summary: Seniors Benefit from Transportation Coordination Partnerships-A Toolbox Promising Practices from the Aging Network with accompanied CD

National Center on Senior Transportation

The 14 communities showcased in this report provide valuable lessons for the aging network: they show how better transportation services for seniors resulted when various transportation programs were successfully coordinated.

TCRP Annual Report 1993

Transit Cooperative Research Program, Transportation Research Board; 1993

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1993

The annual research is the foundation of the TCRP. Formulating the annual program, i.e., identifying the highest priority projects to be researched in a given Fiscal Year, is probably the most important duty of the TOPS Committee.

Innovations in Public Involvement for Transportation Planning

Federal Transit Administration; 1994

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1994

This notebook contains a set of 14 leaflets, each briefly describing a different technique of public involvement suited to both metropolitan and statewide planning. It was prepared to support the public involvement processes required by the ISTEA and is intended to serve as a guide for transportation planners, citizens, public officials, and transportation providers.

TCRP Annual Report of Progress 1995

Transit Cooperative Research Program, Transportation Research Board; 1995

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1995

The annual research is the foundation of the TCRP. Formulating the annual program, i.e., identifying the highest priority projects to be researched in a given Fiscal Year, is probably the most important duty of the TOPS Committee.

How to Write a Transportation Development Program for Rural and Small Urban Areas

Colorado Department of Highways and Division of Transportation Planning Program Management Branch; 1990

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1990

This document is volume I of a two-volume series addressing guidelines fro TDP and TDP update. This document outlines guidelines that have been prepared to aid in the preparation of a TDP in an area where a TDP has not previously been prepared.

A Handbook for Coordinating Transportation Services

Division of Public Transportation; 1991

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1991

This handbook was developed to assist those who are interested in a step by step process of coordinating transportation resources in order to eliminate duplicate efforts, to enhance service quality and to make improvements in overall system cost effectiveness.

Oregon Transportation Plan: The New Oregon Trail Leading into the 21st Century

Hollern, Mike, Chairman of Oregon Transportation Commission; 1992

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1992

The purpose of the Oregon Transportation Plan is to guide the development of a safe, convenient and efficient transportation system, which promotes economic prosperity and livability for all Oregonians.  Goal 1: Characteristics of the System; Goal 2: Livability; Goal 3: Economic Development; Goal 4: Implementation.

Americans in Transit: A Profile Of Public Transit Passengers

 Linsalata, Jim, American Public Transit Association; 1992

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1992

This report explores the socio-economic characteristics of the transit-riding population; it describes the gender, age, race, ethnicity, income and trip purpose of the average public transit rider and searches for future trends.

Measurement of Transit Benefits

Beimborn, Edward; Horowitz, Alan; Schuetz, Julie, and Zejun, Gong.; 1993

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1993

It is the objective of this report to look at benefits of public transit in a broad way to gain a better understanding of how their measurement can be used to assist in making decisions. This report provides a comprehensive view of the range of consequences of transit services and indicates various methods that can be used to access their benefits.

Statewide Operations Report Fiscal Years 1990/91 And 1991/92

CUTR staff; Florida Transportation Disadvantaged Commission; 1993

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1993

The Statewide Operations Report: Fiscal Years 90/91 and 91/92, prepared for the FTDC, is based on data compiled from annual operating reports submitted to the commission by the state's community transportation coordinators. Data from other sources are also utilized in the report.

TRR 1400 - Planning and Programming, Land Use, Public Participation, and Computer Technology in Transportation

Transportation Research Board; 1993

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1993

There are sixteen papers in this volume, which focus on planning and programming, public involvement, transportation-land use interactions, and computer technology in transportation. The papers on transportation and land use include an assessment of the concepts of local and regional accessibility to test the implications for shaping travel alternatives of alternative forms of development.

Transit System Security Program Planning Guide

Balog, John N.; Schwartz, Anne N., and Doyle, Bernard C.; 1994

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1994

The Federal Transit Administration's Safety and Security Program goal is to achieve the highest practical level of safety and security in all modes of transit.  In order to protect passengers, employees, revenue, and property, all transit systems are encouraged to develop, implement, and maintain a system Security Plan and Program.  Increased security should be accomplished through the use of a systems approach with both proactive and law enforcement activities clearly outlined in the Security Program Plan.  The System Security Program Plan should be a complete well thought out guide to establishing and maintaining a comprehensive security program for the transit system and the entire system for which it is responsible this includes people property procedures and environment.  This Guide is designed to help transit systems outline and author the sections of a plan in order to implement an effective security program.

Transit Planning and Research Reports - Annotated Bibliography

Drancsak, Marina; 1994

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1994

This bibliography will help the transit community keep abreast of the currently available planning and research reports sponsored by the FTA. It announces recently published research products of the FTA National Planning and research Program. It also includes citation of research results of interest to the transit community from other sources. It gives easy-to-follow instructions on how to obtain a copy of each report.

Evaluation of Intermodal Passenger Transfer Facilities

Horowitz, Alan; Thompson, Nick; 1994.

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1994

This report is concerned with transportation facilities that help people transfer between modes of travel. Most often, an intermodal passenger transfer facility is a bus or train station or an airport. Stations are places specifically designed for modal interchanges. Intermodal transfer facilities can be much simpler and smaller than a station; they need not even have a precise location of physically aid a transfer.

Transit Planning and Research Programs:  FY 1994 Project Directory

Drancsak, Marina; 1995

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1995

This annual directory contains brief descriptions of the transit planning, research and safety projects initiated during fiscal year 1994 by the Federal Transit Administration of the US DOT. Its purpose is to inform the transit community and the general public of the nature and scope of work underway to assist state and local agencies in improving services and reducing the cost of public transit.

Transit Planning and Research Programs:  FY 1995

Drancsak, Marina; 1995

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1995

This annual directory contains brief descriptions of the transit planning, research and safety projects initiated during fiscal year 1995 by the FTA of the US DOT. Its purpose is to inform the transit community and the general public of the nature and scope of work underway to assist state and local agencies in improving services and reducing the cost of public transit.

TCRP Research Result Digest 07 - An Evaluation of the Relationships Between Transit and Urban Form

Schwager, Transportation Research Board; 1995

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1995

This TCRP Digest summarized the results of Phase I of TCRP Project H-1...  The objectives of this phase were to 1) review the existing literature on transit and urban form relations, 2) develop a framework to synthesize this knowledge 3) identify gaps in current knowledge, and 4) develop the research plan for the balance of the project.

The Use of GIS in Public Transportation: Demonstration of Selected Applications

Ball, William, CUTR; 1996

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1996

The use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is becoming more prevalent in transportation and land use planning. Although some larger transit systems and transportation planning agencies have been active in the use of GIS for several years, many systems and agencies have not taken full advantage of the range of GIS uses in transit applications.

TCRP Report 14: Institutional Barriers to Intermodal Transportation Policies and Planning in Metropolitan Areas

Crain and Associates and Pacific Consulting Group; 1996

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1996

This report will be of interest to individuals involved in implementing the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA), in particular, those involved in planning, approving, and financing intermodal surface passenger transportation projects. The report identifies institutional barriers to intermodal transportation policies and planning, examines opportunities for improvement, and provides ten strategies to mitigate current barriers and more effectively implement ISTEA.

The Use of Intermodal Performance Measures by State Departments of Transportation

Czerniak, Robert; Gaiser, Sandra, and Gerard, Darren; 1996

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1996

This report identifies specific intermodal performance measures developed by 15 State departments of transportation.  The performance measured are classified by goals and analyzed by frequency of use. The report discusses the role of performance measures in the transportation planning process and their relationship to intermodal management systems.  The report also summarizes the major research reports related to the topic of performance measures.

TCRP Report 16: Transit and Urban Form: Volume 1 Part I Transit, Urban Form and the Build Environment: A Summary of Knowledge; Part II Commuter and Light Rail Corridors: The Land Use Connection

Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas Inc.; 1996

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1996

TCRP 16 will be of interest to a broad cross section of individuals involved in transportation and land use planning and development. The research addressed many facets of the relationships between land use and public transportation. These relationships are re-examined, explained, evaluated, and documented to facilitate cost-effective multimodal public transportation investment decisions.

Surface Transportation Research and Development Plan - A Report to Congress

U.S. DOT; 1996

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1996

The third edition of the Surface Transportation Research & Development Plan aligns the Department's long-term R&D priorities with these strategic goals. The major long-term R&D thrusts identified in the plan are built upon the foundation of the Department's near-term planner R&D programs. These programs have been shaped through internal DOT mechanisms like Research and Technology Coordinating Council and also through the interagency National Science and Technology Council (NTSC).

TRR 1521: Public Transportation 1996:  Planning, Management, Marketing, New technology, and Safety and Security

Transportation Research Board; 1996

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1996

Automobile and Public Transit Use in the US and Canada; Comparison of Postwar Trends: Developing an Index of Transit Service Availability; Planning Innovative Public Transportation System for Arlington, Texas; Exploration of Long-Distance Interregional Commuting Issues; Infrequent Riders: One Key to New Transit Ridership and Revenue; Applications of FTA National Transit Data Base for the ISTEA Management Systems Requirements; Assessment of Information Systems and Technologies at California Transit Agencies; Implementing a Visioning and Strategic Planning Process at CT Transit; Immediate Benefits: The Reason for the Car's success and Transit's Failure; Application of Technology in Providing Transit Information; Management Framework for Transit Pricing; Effects of Smart Cards on Transit Operators; Token Versus Stored Value Card Use in NYC subway System; Transit Path Calculation support by Special GIS.

Transit Planning and Research Reports - Annotated Bibliography

Drancsak, Marina, FTA; 1997

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1997

This bibliography is a reference tool designed to provide rapid and easy access to planning, research and safety project reports. It describes available research products of FTA's national planning and research programs, including the TCRP, and of other agencies in the US DOT. This published material is relevant to the planning, development, operation and performance of transit systems and their components.

State of Florida 5 & 20 Year Transportation Disadvantaged Plan

Mathias, Rosemary; Harden, Jennifer; Maas, Steven; 1997

Call Number:  TP100.TP-Pub 1997

This report includes several elements, beginning with an introduction and overview of the Florida Coordinated Transportation System. This plan includes reports on the Commission's progress toward meeting the goals, objectives, and action plan developed in the 1992 Florida 5-year transportation disadvantaged plan.

TCRP Synthesis 29:  Passenger Counting Technologies and  Procedures

Boyle, Daniel Transportation Management & Design; 1998

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1998

The objective of this synthesis is to report on the range of techniques to count passengers and estimate ridership. Issues considered deal with data collection methodology, data processing, end uses of ridership data, organizational responsibilities, and resource requirements.

Access to Jobs - A Guide to Innovative Practices in Welfare-to-Work Transportation

Community Transportation Association of America; 1998

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1998

Public transportation, as the innovative practices in this report illustrate, has a pivotal role in many Americans' journey from welfare to work. According to the Department of Health and Human Service's Administration of Children and Families, fewer than one in 10 recipients of public assistance owns an automobile -- so driving to that new job is rarely an option. And nearly 40 percent of the 10 million daily public transit riders in the U.S. are considered low-income. For these people, public transit is more than merely, a ride -- it is a lifeline.

Transit Planning and Research Programs:  FY 1997

Drancsak, Marina; 1998

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1998

This annual directory contains brief descriptions of the transit research, technology, planning and safety projects initiated during fiscal year 1997 by the Federal Transit Administration of the US Dept of Transportation. Its purpose is to inform the transit community and the general public of the nature and scope of work currently underway to assist state and local agencies in improving services and reducing the cost of public transit.

Transportation Statistics Beyond ISTEA:  Critical Gaps and Strategic Responses

Schmitt, Rolf; Fletcher, Wendell, and Sedor, Joanne; 1998:

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1998

Critical gaps in transportation Statistics:  Flows of people, goods and vehicles--The transportation system--economic dimensions of transportation--transportation safety--transportation energy use--transportation and the environment.  State and Local Perspectives.  Changing sources of transportation data.  Strategic Responses:  Understanding transportation in a globalize economy--partnerships for more effective information--performance indicators--the bottom line.

TCRP Synthesis 31:  Paratransit Contracting and Service Delivery Methods

Simon, Rosalyn, Transportation Research Board; 1998

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1998

This synthesis reports on various practices, making specific recommendations where appropriate but without the detailed directions usually found in handbooks or design manuals. It offers information from selected transit agencies about the operational practices used to provide ADA paratransit services and identifies factors perceived by transit personnel to have influenced the selection of service delivery methodology.

TCRP Report 40:  Strategies to Attract Auto Users to Public Transportation

Transportation Research Board; 1998.

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1998

This report will be of interest to transportation and urban planners and to local decision-makers.  The effectiveness of automobile parking strategies as a means of increasing transit ridership was analyzed.  Eight strategies affecting the price and availability of parking and transit service levels were examined, alone and in combination, to assess their effects on travel mode choice, particularly transit.  The final chapter of the report is an implementation guide for transportation planners and decisionmakers.

Welfare Reform and Access to Jobs in Boston

Bureau of Transportation Statistics; 1998

Call Number: TP100.TP-Pub 1998

This study has three objectives: 1) determine recipients' overall assess to transit service. 2) estimate where in the Metropolitan area recipients are like to find work and determine these potential employers' proximity to transit. 3) Ascertain how well mass transit in Boston connects welfare recipients and employers and thus meets recipients' mobility needs.