PROCEDURES AND TECHNICAL METHODS FOR TRANSIT PROJECT PLANNING. REVIEW DRAFT. SEPTEMBER 1986

The primary objective of this guidance manual is to share the best professional practices of the past 10 years, during which time the Urban Mass Transportation Administration has been an active participant in transit project planning studies across the country. It reflects the creative thoughts of a multitude of transportation planners in State and local governments, consulting firms, and the academic community and is specifically designed for State and local agencies that are considering the implementation of fixed guideway transit projects--new rail systems, rail extensions, busways, and the like--with UMTA funds, yet can also be useful to those considering the development of fixed guideway systems without Federal capital funding. This guidance is divided into three major parts: Part I: The Major Capital Investment Planning Process which provides an overview of the planning process for major investments, defining the various phases in the process and the UMTA policies that apply; Part II: Conduct of the Technical Analysis which summarizes methodologies for generating the technical information appearing in the draft environmental impact statement or environmental assessment; and Part III: The Decisionmaking Process discusses how the technical information generated in the study is put together in a way that will assist project decisionmaking. Also included is a series of appendices which bring together the most important regulations, policy statements, and other information relevant to project planning.

• Corporate Authors:

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

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

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: v.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision making; Government funding; Investments; Manuals; Rail transit; Technical assistance; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Identifier Terms: U.S. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Old TRIS Terms: Fixed-guideway transit
• Subject Areas: Finance; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00468385
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 30 1988 12:00AM