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1 TCRP Report 183: A Guidebook on Transit-Supportive Roadway Strategies is a resource for transit and roadway agency staff seeking to improve bus speed and reliability on surface streets while also addressing nearby land uses and the needs of motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians. The guidebook: • Discusses why improving bus speed and reliability is important for transit, roadway, and planning agencies, as well as the community at large; • Provides guidance on planning and implementing a successful project, with particular attention to the coordination and communication needs of project stakeholders; • Defines and describes 34 strategies for improving bus speed and reliability, including a range of transit operation, traffic control, infrastructure, and bus lane strategies; • Provides guidance on selecting an appropriate strategy to address a particular cause of a bus speed or reliability problem; and • Gives case study examples of how transit and roadway agencies have successfully worked together to implement these strategies.
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2 a Guidebook on Transit-Supportive roadway Strategies unavoidable. The chapter also introduces key resource documents that are suggested for use in conjunction with this guidebook.
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Summary 3 2. Working within the policy environment.
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4 a Guidebook on Transit-Supportive roadway Strategies 5. Engaging project stakeholders.
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Summary 5 • Appendix B: Understanding Transit Operations (for Transportation Engineers and Planners) is designed to provide transportation engineers and planners a description of transit operations, how transit-supportive roadway strategies can help improve transit operations, and why improving operations is an important goal of transit agencies.
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