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40 CHAPTER 3: INTERPRETATION, APPRAISAL AND APPLICATIONS The general goals of this research were to build on prior work that had been done in this area; to add in a more specific nexus between suburban land use and suburban transit; and to produce guidelines for evaluating, selecting and implementing suburban transit services. The research has included a thorough analysis of the state of suburban transit including: • A detailed literature search of both land-use and transit documents and practices.
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41 • Vanpools The typical trip purposes that are served included longer distance commute, connections to the regional transit network and intra-community connections. As part of the data collection and analysis performed, there appear to be several factors that significantly influence the operation and availability of suburban transit services, including: • Local policy and planning decisions regarding standards and performance measurement have the greatest impact on whether services are sustained.
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