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The Amenities for Transit Handbook
And the Transit Design Game Workbook
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What do bus passengers really want when it comes to design features on board buses and at transit stops? What elements affect a person's decision to take transit to work instead of driving? Where should transit agencies invest their hard-earned capital funds to get the most ridership "bang for the buck?" How do passenger preferences differ depending upon their frequency of ridership, length of trip, and sex? Answers to these questions and more can be found in The Amenities For Transit Handbook and The Transit Design Game Workbook.
Drawing upon case study examples of exemplary transit amenity programs from around the country, The Amenities for Transit Handbook provides in-depth information about a wide variety of transit amenities, and the funding mechanisms, community partnerships, and innovative planning processes that made these amenity programs possible. The Amenities for Transit Handbook also describes the impact of amenities on ridership, customer experience, adjacent communities, and passengers with disabilities, and presents the key elements of an effective amenity program.
The Transit Design Game Workbook introduces the Transit Design Game, a revolutionary transit planning tool which enables transit agencies to find out precisely what features their passengers value most, whether waiting at the bus stop or riding aboard the vehicle. The Game is a customized passenger survey that takes the "pulse" of their riders. Everything you need to conduct the Transit Design Game is encoded on the diskette (3.5" floppy) that comes FREE with every copy of the book. Results from the Transit Design Game study of passenger needs in Rochester, Ann Arbor, San Francisco, Aspen, and Portland, Oregon are included in the Workbook. The Transit Design Game Workbook also features the Guide to Selecting Features, an analysis of the potential impact of each featured amenity on transit ridership, furnishes estimated costs for each amenity, and presents a variety of passenger functional concerns and preferences for particular transit design features.
The Amenities for Transit Handbook and The Transit Design Game Workbook are available through our secure online form, or you can order over the phone: (212) 620 5660. We accept MasterCard, Visa, checks and money orders.
