This report is the final component of a multi-year transit feasibility study conducted by the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center on behalf of the five Towns of the East End. The initial transit concept under evaluation, a proposed Coordinated Rail-Bus Network, had its origins in the Sustainable East End Development Strategies (SEEDS) process as a means of improving local mobility. During the final stages of SEEDS, the concept was developed into a more comprehensive transit proposal by a local nonprofit advocacy group, Five Town Rural Transit, Inc. (5TRT). Using funds made available...

This report is part of a program of research designed to assist the National Park Service units of central Washington, DC, in their efforts to manage visitor mobility, reduce the negative environmental impacts of visitor transportation, and plan for the next generation of visitor transportation services. The approach taken is a review of successful practices in visitor transportation from five case-study cities: Boston, Savannah, Orlando, Philadelphia, and London. Each city offers lessons in two overlapping areas of interest: the design and operation of narrated visitor transportation...

The Norman Y. Mineta Research and Special Programs Improvement Act of 2004 was signed into law by President Bush on November 30, 2004. It embodies Security Mineta's vision of a Department-wide resource to guide the coordination and management of research, development and technology activities.

This report serves as both an analysis of current trends in ridesharing and a toolkit for public agencies, large and small, to create ridesharing programs tailored to meet the needs of their respective constituencies. Best practices from around the U.S. are illustrated in a series of case studies, and the report also contains a step-by-step "how to" guide for implementation. The report concludes with a comprehensive database of both public and private sector entities already engaged in ridesharing around the world.

The U.S. DOT SafeTrip-21 (Safe and Efficient Travel through Innovation and Partnerships for the 21stCentury) Initiative was established to test and evaluate integrated, intermodal, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)applications.Of particular interest were those applicationsthat didnot entail extensive public sector infrastructure but couldachieve immediate benefits and demonstrate the potential for sustainable deployment.

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) tasked the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center to document the further success of theNorth Carolina DOT"Sealed Corridor" project through Phases I, II, and III. The Sealed Corridor is the section of the designated Southeast High Speed Rail (SEHSR) Corridor that runs through North Carolina. The Sealed Corridor program aims at improving or consolidating every highway-rail grade crossing, both public and private, along the Charlotte to Raleigh rail route in North Carolina. The research on the Sealed Corridor assessed the progress made at...

In terms of national transportation statistics, one area that suffers from a critical lack of information is transportation use by people with physical, mental, or emotional disabilities. Little is known about the ability of the nation's transportation system to meet the unique transportation needs of people with disabilities. The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) initiated the 2002 National Transportation Availability and Use Survey to fill this information gap and to allow government and other researchers to analyze the data, report the results, and provide an informed basis for the...