| Title | Embracing Change in a Changing World: Case Studies Applying New Paradigms for Rural and Small Urban Transit Service Delivery |
| ShortDescription | This resource examines drivers of change at four small urban or rural transit agencies. The case studies focus on why and how the transit systems have adapted to changing demographics, growth and development, attitudes, and communication. |
| LongDescription | Rural areas have been transformed in many ways. The evidence of a changing rural world includes a number of demographic, land use, economic, communications, and attitudinal changes. For example, almost 100% population growth on the urban fringes of areas such as Northern Virginia and Austin, Texas, have transformed these areas from rural places into large suburban sprawl communities with major employment bases. Yet during the 10 years of this phenomenal growth, federal transit funding for these areas did not change; the areas were still considered rural. The societal changes have been rapid and dramatic, requiring the transit systems serving these areas to adapt to the new paradigms. How do the rural systems that serve these communities adapt to meet the new paradigms? That is the primary question that was examined in these case studies. The purpose of the research was to identify and examine four systems that have adapted to the new rural paradigms. The research examined how and why these systems adapted to the new paradigms. Each case study was examined with the intent of serving as a guide for other systems to adapt to the 21st century and its new paradigms. |
| SourceAuthor | KFH Group |
| Reference | TCRP Report 99 |
| Organization | Transit Cooperative Research Program |
| ContactAddress | Washington, DC |
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http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/tcrp/tcrp_rpt_99.pdf
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