It's definitely good news that the Metro Transit Authority is launching two new free-to-ride bus routes that circulate through downtown Nashville for students, downtown workers, tourists and other visitors.
The routes will be great for workers going out to lunch as well as for folks traveling between sports venues, the convention center, hotels and other attractions such as the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, the Bicentennial Mall State Park, the Tennessee State Museum and the Country Music Hall of Fame.
There will be service every 10-20 minutes depending on the time of day. The Gulch route will run from 6:30 a.m. to midnight on weekdays and 11 a.m. to midnight on Saturdays. The Nashville Farmers Market route will start at 6:30 a.m. and run to 6 p.m. on weekdays, switching to an 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. schedule on Saturdays.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Ms. Cheap sees value in the Music City Circuit
The Tennessean's Ms. Cheap gave a big thumbs up to MTA's the Circuit this morning:
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As a transit professional in California, I strongly suggest that the Mayor of Nashville-Davidson read the document linked here:
http://www.transweb.sjsu.edu/MTIportal/research/publications/summary/0804.html
ABSTRACT
Some United States metropolitan areas with rail transit systems enjoy ridership and productivity success while others do not. This study examines the experiences of 11 U.S. metropolitan areas with between one million and five million persons to better understand why some areas are successful and others are not. A particular focus is the role of service planning decisions in facilitating transit success. We find that successful transit systems are those that: 1) articulate a clear, multidestination vision for regional transit; 2) rely on rail transit as the system´s backbone; 3) recognize the importance of the non-CBD travel market; 4) encourage the use of transfers to reach a wider array of destinations; 5) recognize that rail transit alone is not enough to guarantee success; and 6) recognize the importance of serving regional destinations.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
JEFFREY R. BROWN, PH.D., PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR Jeffrey R. Brown is Assistant Professor and Master´s Program Director in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Florida State University. He holds a Ph.D. in Urban Planning from the University of California at Los Angeles. Dr. Brown´s research explores the role of public transit in decentralized environments, the influence of finance and professionalization on the evolution of transportation planning and development of the American freeway, and topics in transportation finance and state and national transportation policy. He has published articles on these topics in Urban Studies, Transportation, Transportation Research Record, Journal of Planning Education and Research, Journal of Planning History, and Journal of Public Transportation.
GREGORY L. THOMPSON, PH.D., CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORProfessor Thompson joined the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Florida State University in 1988, after completing a post-doctoral fellowship at the Hagley Museum and Library, doing historical research about the Pennsylvania Railroad. He has held professional positions as a transportation planner at both the metropolitan and state levels, in both this country and abroad. He has published in both the professional and academic literature on transportation topics. His book, The Passenger Train in the Motor Age: California 1910–1941, was published in late 1993 by the Ohio State University Press. His major research interest is studying the role of public transportation in auto-dominated societies, both historically and in the present day.
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Actually, any transit advocate who wants a successful system also needs to read this admittedly long document, but would learn a lot.
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