FLORIDA STATEWIDE TRANSIT NEEDS PLAN. PHASE 1. ISSUE PAPER EIGHT: A SET OF RECOMMENDED GOALS, POLICIES AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

The goals, policies, and objectives (GPOs) of the Florida Department of Transportation (DOT) are driven more by statutory requirements than by transit operations, and revolve more around planning, coordination, policy definition, implementation, management strategies, and multi-modal considerations than those of local transit operators. This 10-month project reflects the Department's need to re-evaluate its goal set regarding transit operations to determine the policy direction that best supports and assists transit service implementation at the local level. The Florida Statewide Transit Needs Plan Phase 1 project fully examined transit in Florida--from the proposed high-speed rail system to private transportation services in terms of existing GPOs governing transit operations. The study analyzed GPOs to determine conflicts and concurrences within the goal sets of individual agencies and between agencies studied. Available data and methodologies to measure performance against the GPOs were also examined. Phase 1 consists of the following 10 reports: Final Report--summarizes the methodology, findings, recommendations and conclusions in detail for the entire project; Executive Summary--presents conclusions, recommendations, and a brief overview of the total project; and Eight Issue Papers--address topics of significance to the Florida DOT and state transit operators: Private Sector Transit Service; Role of Transit in Growth Management; Twenty Percent Modal Split and Fifty Percent Farebox Recovery; State Operating Subsidy; Transit Service in Suburban and Low Density Areas; Role of Labor in Transit's Current Status and Future Development; Transit Fare Policies; and Recommended Set of Goals, Policies, and Objectives for Florida DOT.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • For additional study information contact: Florida Department of Transportation/Multi-Modal Systems Planning, 605 Suwannee Street, MS 19, Tallahassee, Florida 32301-8064 or telephone (904) 488-4640.
• Corporate Authors:

  Kimley-Horn and Associates, Incorporated

  4431 Embarcadero Drive
  West Palm Beach, FL  United States  33407

  Florida Department of Transportation

  Multi-Modal Systems Planning, 605 Suwannee Street, MS 19
  Tallahassee, FL  United States  32301

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1986-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 27 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fares; Needs assessment; Private enterprise; Public transit; State departments of transportation; Transit vehicle operations; Transportation; Transportation planning; Transportation policy
• Identifier Terms: Urban Mass Transportation Act
• Geographic Terms: Florida
• Old TRIS Terms: Umta section 9
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00472800
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTAFL-09-8014-86-10
• Contract Numbers: UMTA-FL-09-8014
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 31 1987 12:00AM