Improving Transit Security

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Examines the nature and extent of transit crime, effective strategies to combat problem situations, and case studies of specific control practices deemed successful by transit agency professionals (with no distinctions drawn between bus and rail modes) are discussed.

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Genre : Travel
Author : Jerome A. Needle
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
Release : 1997
File : 48 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0309060133


Use Of Flexible Funds For Transit Under Istea And Tea 21

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Reviews how current flexible funding provisions are being used to support transit investment and examines lessons that may have the broadest relevance throughout the transit industry. The scope of the synthesis includes references to summary FTA data from FY 1992-2000, spanning the entire life of the ISTEA legislation and the first 3 years of TEA-21.

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Genre : Local transit
Author : Robert G. Stanley
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
Release : 2002
File : 49 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780309069090


Corporate Culture As The Driver Of Transit Leadership Practices

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This report of the Transportation Research Board will be of interest to transit staff interested in implementing leadership development initiatives at their agencies. Current practices, major issues, trends, and innovations related to the use of corporate culture as the driver in hiring, developing, evaluating, and retaining a leadership team, within and outside the transit industry were documented for this synthesis. The report discusses the state of the practice in leadership recruitment, development, evaluation, and retention. It reports on innovative approaches to the problems faced in todays work environment in transit and other industries. This synthesis also covers the manner in which corporate culture affects the hiring, development, evaluation, and retention of the top management team.

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Genre : Corporate culture
Author : Mary J. Davis
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
Release : 2003
File : 101 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780309069618


Economic Benefits Of Coordinating Human Service Transportation And Transit Services

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Examines the net economic benefits associated with various strategies and practices for coordinating human service transportation and general public transit, provides quantitative estimates for these strategies and practices, and identifies innovative and promising coordination strategies and practices.

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : Jon E. Burkhardt
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
Release : 2003
File : 175 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780309087650


Integrated Urban Models For Simulation Of Transit And Land Use Policies

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Describe how transit agencies, metropolitan planning organizations, and state DOTs can act today to initiate or expand their analytical tools for integrated land use-transportation planning. The Guidelines are intended for the general reader having an interest in the effects of transit on land use. The Guidelines describe currently available integrated models, the characteristics of an "ideal" integrated model, and steps that a planning organization should take in order to support and expand such modeling capability.

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : Eric J. Miller
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
Release : 1999
File : 44 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0309063248


Procurement Specification Guidelines For Mass Transit Vehicle Window Glazing

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Documents findings of a study concerning the enhancement of durability and vandal resistance of transit vehicle passenger-side windows.

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Genre : Transportation
Author : Daniel R. Bowman
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
Release : 1996
File : 60 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0309057205


Incentive Programs To Improve Transit Employee Performance

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Genre : Business & Economics
Author : Ronald J. Hartman
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
Release : 1994
File : 54 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0309056551


In Transit

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Genre : Strikes and lockouts
Author : Joshua Benjamin Freeman
Publisher : Temple University Press
Release : 1989
File : 466 Pages
ISBN-13 : 1592138152


Transit Green Building Action Plan Report To Congress

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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
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File : 34 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781437928631


Uses Of Higher Capacity Buses In Transit Service

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"Transportation Research Board, National Research Council."

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Genre : Bus lines
Author : P. Brendon Hemily
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
Release : 2008
File : 81 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780309098045