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Transitway Impacts Research Program
About the Program
The Transitway Impacts Research Program is intended to answer questions about the economic, travel, and community impacts of transitway corridors in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.The program was launched in 2006 by the Hennepin County-University of Minnesota and has grown to include a mix of local, regional and state funding partners, including Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, and Washington counties; Metro Transit and the Metropolitan Council; the Minnesota Department of Transportation; the University of Metropolitan Consortium; and the Itasca Project. It is supported by CTS and the State and Local Policy Program (SLPP) at the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.
The program will create knowledge and information needed to improve planning and decision making for transitway expansion. It will also help educate legislators, agency leaders and staff, and the University research community about current issues, innovations, and trends pertaining to transitways. In addition, the program can serve as a national model of interjurisdictional collaboration between government and academia for transitway research, education, and outreach.
- Program one-pager (913 KB PDF)
Partners include:
Research
Research Briefs
Two-page summaries of specifc research projects
- Understanding the Impacts of Transitways - The Hiawatha Line: Impacts on Land Use and Residential Housing Value (186 KB PDF)
- Understanding the Impacts of Transitways: Demographic and Behavioral Differences between Hiawatha Light-Rail and Other Transit Riders (165 KB PDF)
Research Projects
- Transitway Data Management Project (2009)
- Impact of Twin Cities Transitways on Regional Labor Market Accessibility: A Transportation Equity Perspective (2008)
- Understanding Transportation Impacts of Transitways: Demographic and Behavioral Differences between Transitway Riders and Other Transit Riders (2008)
- Economic Impacts of Transitways, Part 1: The Hiawatha Light Rail Line (2007)
Background
- Inventory of Data and Research on the Economic and Community Impacts of the Hiawatha LRT (1.4 MB PDF)
Humphrey Institute, 2006
Program Management Team
- John Adams (University of Minnesota Metropolitan Studies Consortium)
- Pat Bursaw (Mn/DOT)
- Kathie Doty (University of Minnesota Hennepin-University Partnership)
- Sarah Erickson (Association of Minnesota Municipalities)
- Mark Fuhrmann (Metro Transit)
- Mark Garner (City of Minneapolis)
- Kate Garwood (Anoka County)
- Joe Gladke (Hennepin County)
- Tim Henkel (Mn/DOT)
- Nancy Homans (City of St. Paul)
- Louis Jambois (Association of Minnesota Municipalities)
- Steve Kotke (City of Minneapolis)
- Allen Lovejoy (City of St. Paul)
- Arlene McCarthy (Metropolitan Council)
- Timothy Mayasich (Ramsey County)
- Lee Munnich (University of Minnesota SLPP)
- Marthand Nookala (Hennepin County)
- Sam O’Connell (Dakota County)
- Jon Olson (Anoka County)
- Venkat Pindiprolu (Federal Transit Administration)
- Mike Schadauer (Mn/DOT)
- Ted Schoenecker (Washington County)
- Tom Scott (University of Minnesota Center for Urban and Regional Affairs)
- Dawn Spanhake (University of Minnesota CTS)
- Mark Vander Schaaf (Metropolitan Council)
Researchers and Staff
To address the interdisciplinary issues raised by this study, CTS has assembled a research team drawn from multiple fields including geography, urban design, and public policy.
- Edward Goetz
Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs - Jan Lucke
Center for Transportation Studies - Jason Cao
Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs - Jeff Matson
Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs - John Adams
Metropolitan Studies Consortium - Kathie Doty
Hennepin-University Partnership - Lee Munnich
State and Local Policy Program, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs - Robert Johns
Center for Transportation Studies - Tom Scott
Center for Urban and Regional Affairs - Will Craig
Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs - Yingling Fan
Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs