TURNKEY PARK-AND-RIDE DEVELOPMENT

The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) of Harris County, Texas, was approved in the summer of 1978. MTA faced enormous challenges in taking over the City of Houston transit system, Hou Tran, particularly because the new service area was more than twice the size of the Hou Tran area. The park-and-ride program provided a mechanism for quickly supplying the sprawling unserved outlying areas with transit service. Unfortunately, problems at previously leased park-and-ride lots mandated permanent construction of new facilities. The need to quickly replace existing leased lots while expanding the park-and-ride program into new markets precipitated the turnkey development process. State law in Texas permits MTA to purchase improved real estate through a proposal and negotiation process. Therefore, the turnkey process basically involved soliciting proposals for improved real estate and entering into earnest money contracts for the selected alternatives. On completion of construction, MTA bought a finished lot capable of immediate occupancy and operation. The turnkey process saved MTA time, money, and administrative headaches. These projects were funded totally by local funds. The benefits that evolved from the program warrant consideration of modifications to Urban Mass Transportation Administration capital grant procedures so that federal funding can also be procured for turnkey losts.

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• Authors:
  • Arndt, Jeffrey C
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; Maps; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 103-110
• Monograph Title: Urban public transportation planning issues
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 877
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Contracting; Finance; Financing; Park and ride; Property acquisition
• Uncontrolled Terms: Turnkey systems
• Geographic Terms: Houston (Texas)
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Design; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00372425
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309034655
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Apr 29 1983 12:00AM