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15 c h a p t e r 3 Several major societal forces are spurring public transportation agencies of all kinds to reevaluate basic assumptions about who their customers are, how they deliver service, where they get funding, and what organizational and governance structures work best. Transit agencies today show diversity in their mode(s)
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16 livability, smart growth, and sustainability, transit has become increasingly accepted over the past 15 years as an important contributor to the overall livability and quality of life in the many communities where it provides improved access and mobility to workers, reduces congestion, and improves air quality. Transit is also usually considered a vital part of effective "smart growth" planning (Duany et al., 2009)
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17 structures. Five of the most common governance structures are identified in "Regional Organizational Models for Public Transportation" (Booz Allen Hamilton, 2011)
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18 In urbanized areas with more than 200,000 people, federal funding flows directly to "designated recipients," but funds for transit in rural and small urban areas are administered by state departments of transportation (DOTs) , which usually coordinate the distribution of funds with small urban transit agencies and rural transit providers.
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