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How Transit-Oriented Development Can Help Get America to Work
August 24, 2012
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A research paper outlining the importance of investing in economic development that focuses from the earliest planning stages on equity and opportunity for low-income workers has been added to the Research Center best practices database.
Thinking Outside the Farebox: Creative Approaches to Financing Transit Projects
August 22, 2012
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Transportation for America has created a guidebook, "Thinking Outside the Farebox: Creative Approaches to Financing Transit Projects," which is designed to help community leaders to meet the demand for transit by identifying options for raising the money needed to build and operate an expanded transit system.
How BRT Improves Transit Service And Contributes to Economic Development
August 20, 2012
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A July 2012 General Accounting Office study "Bus Rapid Transit: Projects Improve Transit Service And Can Contribute to Economic Development" has been added to the Resource Center's best practices database.
Designing New Light Rail: Taking Engineering Beyond Vanilla
August 16, 2012
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In 2003, the Transport Research Board held its 9th National Light Rail Transit Conference in Portland. Among the papers pressented then was discussion of how light rail system designers can plan at the start for innovative operational practices to expedite train movements. The article, "Designing New Light Rail: Taking Engineering Beyond Vanilla," has been added to the Research Center's best practices database.
