As the term is used in this guide, a bus lane is a traffic lane on a surface street reserved for the exclusive use of buses. With curbside bus lanes, bicyclists and right turners are usually permitted. In a very few cases, carpools are also allowed....

Traffic signal priority is simply the idea of giving special treatment to transit vehicles at signalized intersections. Since transit vehicles can hold many people, giving priority to transit can potentially increase the person throughput of an...

Bus Stop Spacing

Bus stop spacing has a major impact on transit performance. Stop spacing affects both access time and line-haul time, and therefore affects the demand for transit service. In general, there is a tradeoff between: (a)...

The time required for on-board fare collection can slow bus operations significantly. The more successful the service is, the greater the problem, as additional passengers create delays at every stop. Some fare collection policies put a greater burden...

Passenger Information

Providing information to customers is an oft-neglected but crucial aspect of providing high-quality transit service. One aspect is to provide information that will attract additional ridership to new or improved service (...

Transit benefits from maintaining and extending the pre-automobile design of American cities; that is, a mixture of land uses within compact corridors easily served by transit lines. Many cities have zoning ordinances and subdivision regulations that...

The Metro Rapid Program was initiated in March 1999 by the MTA's Board of Directors following an initial feasibility study. Staff was directed by the Board to conduct the feasibility study in response to a visit to Curitiba, Brazil by MTA and City of...

MTA has estimated the ridership on the two Metro Rapid corridors using both point check data and data from automated passenger counters. While the two methods return somewhat different results, there is agreement that ridership has increased...

Please contact the Region 5 office, 312-353-2789, if you require an alternative format of the following documents.

Attachments - required forms and manuals.
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Sample Council or Board Resolution:
http://www.fta.dot.gov/documents/05_-_Attachment_A_-_Sample_Tribal_Council_Resolution.doc
FY 2013 Certifications & Assurances:
http://ftateamweb.fta.dot.gov/static/CertsAndAssurance/2013-Certs-TEAM.pdf...