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Appendix A - Survey Questionnaire
Appendix A - Survey Questionnaire
Pages 49-60
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Rarely considers transit 4. Please describe how this agency communicates with you to discuss new developments and cite whether these are formal or informal communications.
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Please indicate how your agency communicates with each stakeholder regarding new development projects. (Note that formal communications involve a pre-organized, standard process, whereas informal communications rely on individual and personal networks.)
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No 5. Aside from the long-range land use plan, is there another planning forum to discuss land development plans?
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Please describe why the methods have been either successful or unsuccessful. • In most cases the planning commissions and city councils have supported inclusion of walkways to connect to bus stops.
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In the table below, please list up to three examples of new developments that successfully supported bus transit services. For each example cite the primary factors that led to the project's success.
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In the table below, please list up to three examples of new development projects that do not support bus transit service and describe the primary factors that explain why transit is not supported. None = 2 No answer = 6 24 respondents reported at least one unsuccessful project F
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• Site plans that allow bus service or easy pedestrian access to off-site bus service and bus shelters.
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• Willingness of developer and planners to coordinate with transit agencies early on and ability of local planners to require contributions for transit; willingness/ability of transit agency to say "no" and to require exactions, fees. • Including bus planners in the charrettes, task forces, etc., used to develop plans for transit station areas.
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• Often it is way too late to incorporate design changes and planners do not have "teeth." They need to require exactions; ability of transit agency to say "no" and to require exactions, fees. • Designing streets or plazas to accommodate bus stops or bus bays presents difficulties for architects and engineers in preparing land use plans.
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• Include bus service physical needs in zoning ordinances. • Beef up development standards, change parking requirements to reduce minimums and implement maximums, educate key stakeholders, provide incentives for reducing automobile trips, praise and publicly celebrate transit-oriented development projects, etc.
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• It should be included in the regular transit operating budget. • I'm not sure if there is a "best" way of funding service in this type of situation, but here are a few general thoughts: through transit benefits or other assessment districts, development fees, and possibly through association fees (depending on the type of development)
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use the bus service. Unlike providing infrastructure for automobile use the numbers do not justify investing in public transit infrastructure.
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