Guidelines for Providing Access to Public Transportation Stations (2012) / Chapter Skim
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Key Issues Several issues underlie contemporary rapid transit station access planning: • What is the best way or "process" for station planning and development? • Which groups should be included in this planning process?
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• Providing access to rapid transit stations should be a cooperative effort by the transit, street transportation, and planning agencies, as well as the surrounding community. The transit agency should be proactive in this effort.
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Chapter 5 presents techniques for estimated travel demand in terms of station boards by mode and introduces the station access planning tool. Part II, Rapid Transit Station Access Arrangement and Design, provides guidelines for arranging and integrating various station design elements: Chapter 6 overviews station arrangement and design, and provides general guidelines for improving station access.
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Traditional models used for regional transportation planning may not be sufficiently sensitive or detailed enough to evaluate station access mode options. This is a critical gap in available tools, particularly given the important role that station access services play in the success of major capital investment in rapid transit systems.
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