Development of Transit Coordination Web Site
Principal Investigator:
Gina Baas, Assistant Director, Center for Transportation Studies
Project Summary:
Community transit in Minnesota is at a turning point. Some key reforms have been implemented, others are in the works. Continually improving lines of communications are helping publicize innovations so that others can make use of them. Most importantly, major stakeholders are talking to each other formally and on an ongoing basis, so that they are starting to develop a common agenda for addressing the types of major reforms that require the cooperation of many organizations. Communications needs exist at two levels. One level is that providers and users need information at the operational level; for providers, how to best operate their fleet, and for users, how to find the services they need. The second level of communication is among the various stakeholders that can have a role in making policy. The creation of the Interagency Committee on Transit Coordination (ICTC) by Governor Pawlenty has been a key step in addressing stakeholder communication. The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) requested that the Center for Transportation Studies (CTS) develop and maintain a Minnesota Transit Coordination Web site as an ongoing communications mechanism for stakeholders and providers. The site has been developed and is available at http://www.coordinatemntransit.org.
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Project Details:
- Start date: 12/2007
- Project Status: Completed
- Research Area: Research Implementation
- Topics: Information Products and Services