Government Innovators Network: Topic: Public Transit

This page summarizes Government Innovators Network content about Public Transit.

This section spotlights public mass transit systems including types of transportation, maintenance, and delivery of services. Topics include advances in bus and train services to articles highlighting the innovative strategies of authorities in charge of service delivery.

Automated Traffic Surveillance and Control (23%)
Innovations in American Government Awards
January 11, 2005

Public Transportation Projects Will Create Thousands of Jobs -- Federal Funding of $8 Billion will Start 559 Public Transit Projects and Create Economic Benefits (81%)
Targeted News Service
October 29, 2008

Santa Monica's Visionary 'bus of The Future' Project Receives High Marks from Transportation Industry (71%)
US States News
November 18, 2008

New York is First U.S. City to Win International Award for Sustainable Transport (64%)
U.S. Newswire
January 13, 2009

GOV. Blagojevich Announces Free Rides On Public Transportation For More Than 275,000 Low-income People With Disabilities Statewide (64%)
US States News
October 23, 2008

Wanted: Trolleys, bicyclists and walkers; Jacksonville Beach should be innovative in finding ways to ease traffic congestion. (57%)
Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville)
December 13, 2008

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Transit Supportive Home Loans: Theory, Application, and Prospects for Smart Growth (100%)
Kevin J. Krizek
Fannie Mae Foundation
January 1, 2003

New Urbanism and the City: Potential Applications and Implications for Distressed Inner - City Neighborhoods (90%)
Charles C. Bohl
Fannie Mae Foundation
January 1, 2000

Housing Facts & Findings, Vol. 5, No. 2 (86%)
Anne Canby, Steven Kinsey, Jacky Grimshaw,
Fannie Mae Foundation
2003

The Portland Region: Where City and Suburbs Talk to Each Other (85%)
Carl Abbott
Fannie Mae Foundation
January 1, 1997

The Spatial Mismatch Hypothesis: A Review of Recent Studies and Their Implications for Welfare Reform (75%)
Keith R. Ihlanfeldt, David L. Sjoquist
Fannie Mae Foundation
January 1, 1998

Section 8 and Movement to Job Opportunity: Experience after Welfare Reform in Kansas City (71%)
Kirk McClure
Fannie Mae Foundation
2004

The Social Goals of New Urbanism (69%)
Emily Talen
Fannie Mae Foundation
January 1, 2002

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