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The Current Status Of Light Rail Planning In Austin Texas With Lessons And Implications From Other Cities
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Book Synopsis The current status of light rail planning in Austin, Texas with lessons and implications from other cities by : Paul Brian Lutey
Download or read book The current status of light rail planning in Austin, Texas with lessons and implications from other cities written by Paul Brian Lutey and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Planning a successful light rail transit system for the city of Austin, Texas by : Stephen Todd Schottman
Download or read book Planning a successful light rail transit system for the city of Austin, Texas written by Stephen Todd Schottman and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Performance-based Transit-oriented Developments by : Pooja Anil Chaudhari
Download or read book Performance-based Transit-oriented Developments written by Pooja Anil Chaudhari and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transit-oriented development is a planning instrument where land use and developments are driven by the presence of transit around them. This planning tool is particularly crucial in urban cities facing rapid growth, where local and regional governments encourage sustainable developments via land use planning, zoning laws, and changes to building codes, among other things (Transit-Oriented Development, 2015). Many metropolitan cities may have Council-adopted districts to promote transit-oriented developments with an aim to balance density, mix use, affordability, sustainability, alternate modes of transportation, using land use policies and public transit investments. The objectives of any given city for their transit-oriented developments will be unique, subject to context and priorities. Currently, the City of Austin regulates and promotes such developments for three transit-oriented developments and two special regulating districts. It is important to evaluate the performance of Austin’s transit-oriented development districts against the city’s larger strategic goals. The City of Austin adopts many strategic plans with different scopes; some are city-wide, while some as program-based or area-specific. These comply with each other in order to address various city priorities. A crucial component of Austin’s strategic planning process is performance management. While there are many ways to approach performance evaluation in planning, currently there is no globally accepted gold standard for assessing transit-oriented developments. The City also revises and updates these plans/ ordinances when required, to reflect the current conditions and challenges. Large public investments, capital improvements and partnerships are driven by these strategic plans. Hence it becomes important to evaluate the results of implementation. By identifying and informing the gaps and opportunities from periodic performance evaluation, the city stands to optimize the benefits of transit-oriented developments. This report identifies ideal metrics for TODs in Austin, derived from the city’s strategic planning goals and evaluates these metrics using empirical data. This progress report will focus on a quantitative approach and serve as an important tool for making informed revisions in policy and providing transparency and accountability in decision-making. This assessment has potential importance to the city’s officials to keep track of progress, or lack thereof, of their implemented policies. Such studies also help for future relevant planning decisions
Book Synopsis Planning for light rail transit in Austin, Texas by : Gerald Henry Rusthoven
Download or read book Planning for light rail transit in Austin, Texas written by Gerald Henry Rusthoven and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Light Rail Transit Systems by : Rob van der Bijl
Download or read book Light Rail Transit Systems written by Rob van der Bijl and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2018-06-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Light Rail Transit Systems: 61 Lessons in Sustainable Urban Development shows how to design and operate light rail to maximize its social benefits. Readers will learn how to understand the value of light rail and tactics on its effective integration into communities. It uses strong supporting evidence and theory drawn from the author's team and their extensive experience in developing new light rail systems. The book uses numerous case studies to demonstrate how key concepts can bridge the geographic limitations inherent in many transit-related discussions. In addition, users will learn how to develop important relationships with local decision-makers and communities. - Presents applied research by experienced practitioners and academic researchers - Draws on more than 50 cases from Europe, the Middle East, the UK and US - Incorporates five themes on why it's important to invest in light rail, including effective mobility, and for an efficient city, economy, environment and equity - Includes a checklist for planning public transport projects
Book Synopsis The Feasibility of Transit-oriented Development at the Bus Rapid Transit Stations in Austin by : Lauren Katherine Kniejski
Download or read book The Feasibility of Transit-oriented Development at the Bus Rapid Transit Stations in Austin written by Lauren Katherine Kniejski and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The population of Austin, Texas is projected to reach 1.6 million people by the year 2040, which doubles the city's current population. The populations of cities in neighboring counties, Hays and Williamson, are projected to experience even more growth within the same time frame. For the first time in history, over half of the world's population lives in urban areas, so sustainable development is currently relevant for urban planning. Until 2010, Austin lacked a mass public transportation system. Currently, Capital Metro, Austin's main public transportation operator, operates the Red Line of the MetroRail, a commuter rail system. The Red Line only serves a specific subset of the population in Austin and its northern neighbors, running from the city of Leander, through northern Austin, before its final stop in downtown Austin. Because of this, Capital Metro will begin operations on a new method of rapid mass transit: a bus rapid transit system called MetroRapid. With two lines opening in 2014, MetroRapid will function as a mass rapid public transit option for two of the busiest north-south corridors in the city. The opening of MetroRapid will provide opportunities to stimulate growth in areas focused around this transit system. Transit-oriented development can be a method of guiding Austin's future growth that will theoretically facilitate and encourage public transit use. The benefits to such growth would be reduced congestion, less dependency on automobiles and fostering communities that are vibrant and self-sustaining. This paper defines Transit-Oriented Developments (TODs), Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), and analyzes the MetroRapid stations themselves as Austin moves toward becoming a sustainable city.
Download or read book Goodbye to a River written by John Graves and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-11-10 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1950s, a series of dams was proposed along the Brazos River in north-central Texas. For John Graves, this project meant that if the stream’s regimen was thus changed, the beautiful and sometimes brutal surrounding countryside would also change, as would the lives of the people whose rugged ancestors had eked out an existence there. Graves therefore decided to visit that stretch of the river, which he had known intimately as a youth. Goodbye to a River is his account of that farewell canoe voyage. As he braves rapids and fatigue and the fickle autumn weather, he muses upon old blood feuds of the region and violent skirmishes with native tribes, and retells wild stories of courage and cowardice and deceit that shaped both the river’s people and the land during frontier times and later. Nearly half a century after its initial publication, Goodbye to a River is a true American classic, a vivid narrative about an exciting journey and a powerful tribute to a vanishing way of life and its ever-changing natural environment.
Download or read book Transit Research Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Impact of Light Rail Transportation Announcement and Construction by : Stephen Henry Plevak
Download or read book The Impact of Light Rail Transportation Announcement and Construction written by Stephen Henry Plevak and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As American cities continue to expand and their existing transportation infrastructure becomes strained from increased demand, many cities have turned to light rail transit to not only alleviate congestion but also to provide an economic development stimulus to the areas around the stations. This report focuses on determining the economic impact on areas surrounding announced light rail stations in Austin, Texas while also attempting to quantify changes in land use and demographics experienced in a city who has an established light rail line; Dallas, Texas. In addition to examining any changes associated with the announcement and construction of a light rail project this report will qualitatively examine the role of these project in stimulating gentrification in station areas and what effect gentrification will have in preventing low-income households from accessing the improved transit system. The report will also propose actions that could ensure that these households continue to have access to public transportation, which would mitigate the strain of increasing transportation costs.
Book Synopsis Just the Ticket by : Jonathan Shuster
Download or read book Just the Ticket written by Jonathan Shuster and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is an examination of how activists have influenced Austin’s future light rail system and expanded bus system, Project Connect. The project provides an extraordinary opportunity to increase mobility, accessibility, and justice for transit users throughout Austin. Great transit provides people with more than just the ability to move between desired destinations quickly and easily; it allows people to fully participate in urban society and transcend the mobility restrictions which define their social class and way of life. However, market and political forces often seek to use light rail specifically as a chance to earn profit, disregarding the goal of improving the lives of marginalized communities. A light rail project that strives to make a city more attractive to increasingly mobile international capital and elevate the city to the world stage can have a negative effect on equity and cause a race to the bottom among competitive mid-level cities. Light rail has a particularly distinct history of causing gentrification and displacement in lower income neighborhoods and communities of color. The author conducted semi-structured interviews with activists, advocates, and agency staff to gain a better understanding of how activism has shaped, does shape, and will shape Project Connect and combat the exploitative forces that seek to use light rail transit solely for economic gain. Interviewees conveyed the importance of activism in almost every step of Project Connect. By engaging in traditional activism (representing their communities and acting as a check on agency power), shaping the Project Connect initial investment that was put forth to voters, influencing the governance structure of the project, demanding a first of its kind anti-displacement fund, ensuring high quality worker protections, fighting for an equitable fare structure, maintaining momentum and positive energy for the project, and creating a permanent seat at the decision making table, activists provide a crucial counterbalance to the market and political forces that seek to use Project Connect as a tool for capital accumulation
Book Synopsis An Evaluation of the Applicability of Light Rail Transit to Texas Cities by :
Download or read book An Evaluation of the Applicability of Light Rail Transit to Texas Cities written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Do Plans Matter? written by Gerrit Knaap and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Proposed Public Transportation Plan for Austin, Texas by : Austin (Tex.). Urban Transportation Department
Download or read book Proposed Public Transportation Plan for Austin, Texas written by Austin (Tex.). Urban Transportation Department and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Austin Development Plan by : Austin (Tex.). City Council
Download or read book The Austin Development Plan written by Austin (Tex.). City Council and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Rail Planning Study for Downtown Austin by : Austin (Tex.)
Download or read book Rail Planning Study for Downtown Austin written by Austin (Tex.) and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Austin's Route Forward by : Jonathan David Mosteiro
Download or read book Austin's Route Forward written by Jonathan David Mosteiro and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alternative demand estimation techniques for transit planning have gained increased attention in recent years. These "sketch planning" models are often faster and easier to use than traditional four-step travel demand models, and can therefore play a significant role in preliminary feasibility analyses for major fixed-guideway transit planning initiatives. This paper uses one such sketch planning tool produced by Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 167 to explore ridership potential along two light rail corridors in the City of Austin. Planners recently completed a planning process for an initial segment of urban rai in central Austin that was ultimately defeated by voters in a 2014 bond election called to fund the project. The ridership results produced by the Report 167 model corroborate some claims made by transit advocates who opposed Proposition 1 that the highest ridership route was not advanced to voters in the election. By using a sketch planning tool to compare ridership along the ill-fated Project Connect route to a route advocated by critics of the process, this paper also provides insight into the role that sketch planning can play in the transit planning process, both generally and in the context of rail planning efforts in Austin.
