Survey data from more than 1,000 large employment sites in the San Francisco Bay Area
are used to examine the link between transit use and proximity to rail stations. The data were …

US public transit agencies struggle to attract and retain riders. Unprecedented public
investments have been made over the past several decades for expanding and improving …

Most US transit planners are familiar with both Toronto's and Montreal's highly successful
subway systems as well as with the pioneering efforts of Edmonton and Calgary to build light …

The discrepancy between transit's large share of local transportation resources and its
generally low share of local trips has raised questions about the use of scarce transportation …

Over the past 20 years, California has made substantial investments in intra-metropolitan
passenger rail infrastructure, expanding existing systems and building new ones. According …

The true value of transit systems in rural and small urban areas in the United States has
been largely unmeasured, and there are often effects that go unidentified. Many studies …

Conventional wisdom suggests that the increasing decentralisation of population and
employment in US metropolitan areas is to blame for declining public transit mode shares …

Over the course ofthis century, public transit systems in the US have lost most ofthe market
share ofmetropolitan travel to private vehicles. The two principal markets that remain for …

Transit villages—dense, mixed-use communities near rail stops—could increase rail
ridership and reduce automobile dependency; however, few good examples exist in the US …