Public transportation, multiple factors influence extent of transit-oriented development : report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office, author.

Contributor:

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, sponsoring body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Federal Transit Administration--Appropriations and expenditures.

United States.

United States. Federal Transit Administration.

Federal aid to transportation--United States.

Federal aid to transportation.

Transit-oriented development--United States.

Transit-oriented development.

Local transit--United States--Planning.

Local transit.

Expenditures, Public.

Local transit--Planning.

Genre:

Online resources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ii, 36 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

Multiple factors influence extent of transit-oriented development

Transit-oriented development

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : United States Government Accountability Office, 2014.

Summary:

From 2004 to 2014, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) allocated $18.9 billion to build new or expanded transit systems through the Capital Investment Grant program. One of the key goals for many local governments when planning major capital-transit projects is to encourage transit-oriented development as a way to focus future regional population growth along transit corridors. Transit-oriented development is generally described as a compact and "walkable" neighborhood near transit with a mix of residential and commercial uses. GAO was asked to examine transit-oriented development. This report addresses (1) the extent to which transit-oriented development has occurred near select transit lines that received federal funds and the factors and local policies that affect transit-oriented development, and (2) the extent to which FTA considers factors related to the potential for transit-oriented development when assessing proposed projects and the extent to which FTA's assessment of these factors is consistent with the factors that local stakeholders told GAO affect a project's results. To address these issues, GAO reviewed relevant literature and visited six federally funded case study transit projects in Baltimore, MD; Washington, DC; Charlotte, NC; Santa Clara County, CA; San Francisco, CA; and Houston, TX, selected for diversity in local programs, markets, and geography. During these visits, GAO met with stakeholders, such as local officials and developers. GAO also interviewed FTA officials. In commenting on a draft of this report, DOT noted FTA's long-standing commitment to encourage transit-oriented development

Notes:

"GAO-15-70."

"November 2014."

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource, PDF version; title from cover (GAO web site, viewed March 6, 2017).

OCLC:

920683512