Transportation
City leaders can drive the creation of efficient transportation system that provide for its community's needs in ways that influence patterns of growth and economic activity. With robust and sustainable financing mechanisms coupled with dynamic planning proccesses, cities can develop strategies for operating, managing, and maintaining local transportation systems that can feed into goals for national growth and global competitiveness.
Public-Private Partnerships for Transportation Projects, 2012: Describes PPPs, specifically for developing transportation and transit projects by outlining common structures used for transportation financing and development, the benefits and risks, and strategies for effective implementation.
Public Private Partnerships: A Tool for Cities + States is a resource from AECOM includes additional information on PPPs, including some global facts, common myths and case studies.
Understanding Urban Transportation Systems: An Action Guide for City Leaders, 2011: Looks at issues with the urban transportation system and provides a broad overview of the causes of urban transportation problems and of the implications for finding good solutions.
Integrating Bike Share Programs Into a Sustainable Transportation System, 2011: Highlights bike share programs from Denver, CO, Washington, DC, Minneapolis, MN, and Buffalo, NY.
Local Roles in Integrating Transportation and Land Use, 2008: Provides local officials with strategies and action steps to help foster transportation and land use integration that both articulates local interests and advances regional goals.
