Assessment of Transit Supportive Land Use for New Starts Projects: FY 1999 New211 Starts Report. A Supplement to the Fiscal Year 1999 Report on Funding Levels and 211 Allocations of Funds for Transit Major Capital Investments

摘要

FTA assessed and rated the Transit Supportive Existing Land Use and Future211u001ePatterns of 30 candidate New Starts projects, in preliminary engineering and 211u001efinal design, documented in the FY 1999 New Starts Report. These land use 211u001eassessments (30) examined a number of factors, including existing land use 211u001econditions, regional containment of sprawl, and the effectiveness of local 211u001epolicies to foster transit and pedestrian-friendly development. This report was 211u001eprepared to share the results and lessons learned from these FY 1999 land use 211u001eassessments. It is intended to assist local transit agencies in preparing 211u001einformation on transit-supportive land use related to New Starts projects, and to 211u001eaid federal reviewers in evaluating that information, as well as to promote 211u001eunderstanding of the relationship between local land use and transit investments. 211u001eThis report presents an introduction to the assessment process and methodology, a 211u001ereview and synthesis of key findings across all 30 projects, and a summary of 211u001erecommendations for strengthening local agency submissions of the Transit 211u001eSupportive Existing Land Use and Future Patterns New Starts criterion. The report 211u001econsists of 30 individual assessment profiles, i.e., a summary assessment of 211u001etransit-supportive land use for each of the 30 projects evaluated and rated in 211u001ethe FY 1999 New Starts Report, including a summary of key findings for each 211u001eproject.