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Suggested Citation:"CONTENTS." Transportation Research Board. 1995. TCRP Synthesis of Transit Practice 14: Innovative Suburb-to-Suburb Transit Practices. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9540.
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Suggested Citation:"CONTENTS." Transportation Research Board. 1995. TCRP Synthesis of Transit Practice 14: Innovative Suburb-to-Suburb Transit Practices. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9540.
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CONTENTS SUMMARY SHAPER ON PRODUCTION Purpose and Contents, 3 Background, 3 The Future, 4 Literature Review, 4 CHAPTER 'IWO SURVP,Y FINDL~GS Methodology, 5 Responses, 5 Survey Findings and Analysis, 5 8 27 28 29 30 31 34 as 40 43 45 50 CHAPTER TINGLE CASE STUDIES OF SELECTED APPROACHES TO SERVING SUBURB-TO-SUBURB IRAVEL PACE. Arlington Heights, Illinois. 8 New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit), Newark, New Jersey, 12 Grand Rapids Area Transit Authority (GRATA), Grand Rapids, Michigan, 16 Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit Commission (OC Transpo), Ottawa, Ontario, 19 ClIAPTER FOR F,LE=NTS OF SUC - SS Targeted Marketing to the Business Community, 25 Partnerships with the Private Sector, 25 Involvement in Site Design and Land Use Issues, 25 Transits Role in Mobility Managen~ent, 26 Programs Developed to Meet the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, 26 CHAPTER FIVE CONCl 1,SIONS RF,FERENCES BIBLIOGRAPHY LIST OF ACRONYMS APPENDS A QUESTIONNAIRE APPENDIX B SURVEY RESPONDENTS THAT PROVIDE SUBURB-TO-SUBL~B SERVICES APPENDIX C SURVEY RESPONSES APPENDIX D STATISTICAL INFORMATION OF SURVEYED AGENCIES APPENDIX E TRANSIT FRIENDLY CHECKLIST, NJ TRANSIT APPENDIX F SAMPLE TRANSIT SYSTEM BROCHURES AND SCHEDULES APPENDIX G SUBDIVISION TRANSIT GUIDELINES IN THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF OTTAWA-CARLETON

TCRP COMMITTEE FOR PROJECT J-7 CHAIR JACK REILLY Capital District TransitAuthority MEMBERS GERALD BLAIR Indiana County Transit Authority KENNETH J. DUEKER Cer~terfor Urban Studies ALAN J. GIBBS National Transit Institute HENRY HIDE Cole Sherman & Associates, Ltd. MAXINE MARSHALL A7'E/Ryder Management FRANK T. MARTIN Metro-Dade Transit Agency PATRICIA V. McLAUGHLlN Los Ar~geles County Metropolitan' Transportation Authority BEVERLY G. WARD Cer~terfor Urban Transportation Re.searcI TRB LIAISON PETER L. SHAW Transportation Research Board ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Katherine S. Hooper, Falmouth, Maine. was responsible for col lection of the data and preparation of the report. Valuable assistance in the preparation of this synthesis was pro vided by the Topic Panel, consisting of Pamela J. Belchamber, Trans portation Manager, Vallejo Transh; Wayne Berman, Highway Engi neer, Office of Traffic Management and Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems Applications, Federal Highway Administration; David F. Bone, Manager, Operations Planning, Montgomery County Division of Transit Services; Terrance Brannon, Deputy Executive Director, Planning and Administration, PACE Suburban Bus Division of the RTA (Chicago); Joseph M. Goodman, Transportation Management Specialist, Office of Technical Assistance and Safety, Federal Transit Administration; Alan E. Pisarski, Consultant, Falls Church, Vir~a; Laurel J. Radow, Senior Policy Analyst, American Public Transit Inibun;ltion on current practice was provided by many transit Association; Daniel Rudge, Research Assomate, Center for Urban agencies. 'Iheir cooperation and assistance were most helpful. COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROGRAMS STAFF ROBERT J. REILLY, Director Cooperative Research Program STEPHEN J. ANDRLE, Manager, TCRP GWEN CHISHOLM SMITH, Project Manager' TCRP TCRP SYNTHESIS STAFF STEPHEN R. GODW~, Directors for Studies and Infonnat~on Services SALLY D. LIFT, Manager, Synthesis Studies DONNA L. VLASAK, Senior Program Officer LINDA S. MASON, Associate Editor REBECCA B. HEATON, Assistant Editor Transportation Research, College of Engineering, University of South Florida; James A. Scott, Transportation Planner, 'l'ransponation Re- search Board; Prank Spielberg, President, SO Associates, inc.; and Jon Will;iarns, Chief, Short Range 'l'ransponation Programs, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. The Principal Investigators responsible for the conduct of the syn- thesis were Sally D. Liff, Manager, Synthesis Studies, and Donna L. Vlasak, Senior Program Officer. This synthesis was edited by Linda S. Mason, assisted by Rebecca B. Heaton. Valuable assistance to the 'l'opic Panel and the synthesis staff was provided by Gwen Chisholm Smith, Senior Program Officer, Transit Cooperative Research Program, Transportation Research Board.

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