Author: Jon E. BurkhardtPublisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 9780309062664
Category : Rural development
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Assessment of the Economic Impacts of Rural Public Transportation
Author: Jon E. BurkhardtPublisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 9780309062664
Category : Rural development
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Guidebook for Developing Welfare-to-work Transportation Services
Author: Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 9780309066648
Category : Commuting
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
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.
Transportation and Sustainable Communities Intiative
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sustainable development
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Proposed Fiscal Year 2005 Budget for the Federal Transit Administration
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban AffairsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Current Practices for Assessing Economic Development Impacts from Transportation Investments
Author: Glen WeisbrodPublisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 9780309068734
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
This synthesis report will be of interest to DOT administrators, supervisors, and staff, as well as to the consultants working with them in assessing the economic development impacts of existing or proposed transportation investments. Metropolitan Planning Organization regional and local staffs might also find it informative. It is intended to help practicing planners become aware of the range of methods and analysis techniques available, organized by the different categories of agency needs, to address different types of planning, policy, and research needs. This synthesis summarizes the current state of the practice by means of a survey of transportation planning agencies in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. This report provides reviews of the analysis methods used in recent project and program evaluation reports of these agencies, in addition to a bibliography of economic literature and guides.
Assessing the Impact of Public Investment in Transportation on Wisconsin's Economy
Author: Jack R. HuddlestonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Candidates and Priorities for Technology Assessments
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Technology assessment
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Candidates and Priorities for Technology Assessments: Mock, J.E.A survey of state officials
Author: National Science Foundation (U.S.). Office of Exploratory Research and Problem AssessmentPublisher:
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Category : Evaluación de tecnología
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Toolkit for Rural Community Coordinated Transportation Services
Author: Transit Cooperative Research ProgramPublisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN: 030908797X
Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
"TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 101: Toolkit for Rural Community Coordinated Transportation Services examines strategies and practices used to coordinate rural transportation services, and identifies model processes used for local coordination efforts in rural communities. A stand-alone executive summary of the report provides information, instructions, and lessons learned from rural communities that have implemented coordinated transportation services"--Publisher's description.
Estimating the Benefits and Costs of Public Transit Projects
Author: ECO Northwest, LtdPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
This report provides a valuable resource for people who have the difficult and often cumbersome responsibility of analyzing the benefits and costs of public transportation services and presenting the results of these analyses to decisionmakers, the media, and the public. Section I explains how to use the guidebook and provides an overview of benefit-cost evaluation concepts and their application to transit projects. Section II addresses the basic benefits and costs of transit projects, including impacts on travel, secondary impacts on the environment and safety, and the direct costs and revenues of transit projects. Section III discusses other benefits and costs of transit projects, including impacts on land use and land development, economic impacts, and the distribution of impacts. Section IV provides an example with sample analyses. Section V consists of four appendices that provide a bibliography, integrated models for conducting comprehensive benefit-cost analysis, sample calculations, and conversion factors for calculating constant dollars.