Connectivity Encapsulated: Linking People and Destinations Beyond Wheels & Rails
July 29, 2013
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Introduction
When many people think of transit connectivity, they’re immediately drawn to systems involving wheels: buses, trains, vans, bikes, and more. But numerous communities employ less traditional – but no less effective – means of moving people to build connections between neighborhoods, destinations and services.
Here, we take a look at some of these unconventional modes and strategies, from bus rapid transit in Nashville and transit-oriented development in Orlando, to novel travel modes such as inclined planes, ferry systems and aerial trams.
When many people think of transit connectivity, they’re immediately drawn to systems involving wheels: buses, trains, vans, bikes, and more. But numerous communities employ less traditional – but no less effective – means of moving people to build connections between neighborhoods, destinations and services.
Here, we take a look at some of these unconventional modes and strategies, from bus rapid transit in Nashville and…
Linking People And Destinations Beyond Everyday Wheels And Rails
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Video: Making the Most of Transit Through Regional TOD Implementation - Seattle, Pittsburgh and Baltimore
July 16, 2013
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Slides used in the video are available below.
Transit planning is well underway, lines have been built, but what more can partners do to leverage the potential of their networks to support transit-oriented districts and economic development goals? How can we ensure that new investment and development actually leverage our transit assets? What strategies will address equity issues like risk of displacement or training residents near transit for the jobs that transit connects? And how does one answer these questions for the tens, if not hundreds of stops in a transit system?
This webinar highlights an approach that many regions are taking to answer these difficult questions: the Regional TOD Strategy. Experts from the Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and Seattle regions discussed their experiences with developing, communicating and implementing regional TOD strategies that are grounded in an implementation, place-based typology approach that prioritizes station areas for different types of…
- Reconnecting America Introduction Slides (PDF, 701 KB)
- Ben Bakkenta and Sara Schott Nikolic, Puget Sound Regional Council, Slides (PDF, 9.4 MB)
- Chris Sandvig, Regional Policy Director at the Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group, Slides (PDF, 1.3 MB)
- Brian O'Malley, Central Maryland Transportation Alliance, Slides (PDF, 11 MB)
Reminder: Making the Most of Transit Through Regional TOD Implementation: Seattle, Pittsburgh and Baltimore webinar
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Transit planning is well underway, lines have been built, but what more can partners do to leverage the potential of their networks to support transit-oriented districts and economic development goals? How can we ensure that new investment and development actually leverage our transit assets? What strategies will address equity issues like risk of displacement or training residents near transit for the jobs that transit connects? And how does one answer these questions for the tens, if not hundreds of stops in a transit system?
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