CASE STUDIES OF KEY POLICY ISSUES FACING U.S. TRANSIT SYSTEMS

This final report describes the development of teaching case studies regarding transit systems in Dallas, Seattle and suburban Maryland. The cases describe the challenges faced by transit properties around the country: service in low-density suburbs, balancing bus and rail in larger transit systems, and improving reverse-commute services to achieve equity goals. The teaching cases are designed to be used in a variety of graduate curricula and have been tested on masters-level courses in transportation planning and policy at Harvard University. The cases have been entered into the Kennedy School of Government's case distribution system so that they are widely available.

• Record URL:
  https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/24000/24600/24679/HVDE13-8_Gomez-Ibanez.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This research was supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  Harvard University

  Kennedy School of Government, 79 JF Kennedy Street
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02138

  New England University Transportation Center

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  77 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 40-279
  Cambridge, MA  United States  01239
• Authors:
  • Gomez-Ibanez, Jose A
• Publication Date: 2004-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 3 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transit; Case studies; Equity; Graduate study; Population density; Public transit; Rail transit; Reverse commuting; Suburbs; Transportation policy
• Identifier Terms: Harvard University
• Geographic Terms: Dallas (Texas); Maryland; Seattle (Washington)
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00972643
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HVDE13-8
• Contract Numbers: DTRS99-G-0001
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 25 2004 12:00AM