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Reports and Presentations

 

Preparing Coordinated Transportation Plans: A Guidebook for State Departments of Transportation (2009)

Transportation Research Board’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Results Digest 331

Explores existing coordinated planning processes within state departments of transportation (DOTs) that meet the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA’s) requirements.  The report also examines aspects of those processes that will be useful to other state DOTs and their planning partners as they develop or revise their own planning processes.

TRB Conference — Best Practices: Coordination of Transit, Regional Transportation Planning and Land Use (2007)

Contains presentations and related background material from the conference, held in Denver, Colorado on August 26-28, 2007.

Transportation Coordination Toolkit (2005)

The Toolkit, a result of the Minnesota Public Transit - Human Services Transportation Coordination Study, is a compilation of briefs on specific coordination topics that outline the issues and obstacles to coordination. As part of each discussion, best practices relating how issues were resolved and obstacles removed by other agencies are described. In addition, a list of useful resources is included.

Minnesota Public Transit - Human Services Transportation Coordination Study

The Minnesota Public Transit - Human Services Transportation Coordination Study is a study designed to help community transportation stakeholders develop a coordinated transportation network. The study was sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) in cooperation with the Metropolitan Council.

TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 101: Toolkit for Rural Community Coordinated Transportation Services (2004)

Examines strategies and practices used to coordinate rural transportation services, and identifies model processes used for local coordination efforts in rural communities.  A stand-alone executive summary of the report provides information, instructions, and lessons learned from rural communities that have implemented coordinated transportation services.

Illinois Interagency Coordinating Committee on Transportation's Coordination Primer: A Guide to Help Your Community Navigate Transportation Coordination (2006) (PDF)

This primer is designed as a guide for the process of coordinating transportation services and obtaining funding in Illinois.

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Planning Guidelines for Coordinated State & Local Specialized Transportation Services (2000)

Includes information about federal policy, coordination basics, federal resources, and how to coordinate the planning process.

Second Conference on Community-Based Transportation: Designing a System for Minnesota (PDF)

Proceedings of the conference held October 1, 2003.

Conference on Community-Based Transportation: Improving Access for the Transportation-Disadvantaged (PDF)

Proceedings of the conference held October 2, 2001.

Presentations

State of Washington’s Statutory Requirements Regarding Coordination (PDF)

September 25, 2007

Coordination 101: How to Make Coordination Work for You (PDF)

Community Forum on Coordinated Transportation, Dayton, Ohio, September 27, 2006

Public Transit Coordination with Prepaid Medical Assistance Program (PMAP) (PDF)

December 12, 2005

The Coordination Dilemma Interagency Committee on Transit Coordination (PDF)

Minnesota Board on Aging, September 22, 2005