Good transit planning resource
It's rare it seems for transportation master plans to reference broader policy documents, to make comparisons to peer systems, etc.
One of the many reasons I find exceptional the Seattle Urban Mobility Plan is because of the breadth of its "Briefing Book," many chapters on best practices, including a comparison to what it has defined as "peer transit systems."
-- Best Practices in Transit, Seattle Urban Mobility Plan
Separately, I am a fan of the King County Metro Transit agency's service metrics.
In the comment thread on the recent piece, "Will buses ever be cool?," I mentioned the concept of the "High-Frequency Network" as part of what I would call the "Primary Transit Network" of a community.
It turns out that in the preparation of the in Nashville/Davidson County nMotion transit planning process, among other elements, they produced a scad of papers on best practice:
These reports take a detailed look at some of the strategies and issues across all 3 scenarios. To view the comments received on these reports please visit our discussion forum.
- Access to Transit
- Airport Service
- Better Local Service
- Branding
- Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
- Commuter Rail
- Downtown Circulation
- Express Bus on Shoulder
- Express and Reverse Commute
- Express Regional Service
- Freeway Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
- Frequent Transit Network
- Light Rail
- Make Service Faster
- Make Service Simpler
- More Service for Longer Hours
- Non-Downtown Service
- Passenger Experience
- Rapid Bus
- Streetcar
- Transit Priority
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