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1 As transit agencies, local governments, and citizens look for ways to improve existing and start new transit service, many of them are turning to the QuickBuild (Tactical Urbanism) methodology.
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2 Speed + Reliability: Speed and Reliability projects addressed transit travel times, improved headways, improved boarding times, and reduced dwell times. The main project types in this category are dedicated bus/transit lanes, dedicated preboarding areas, and operational changes, including consolidation, route realignment, signal adjustments, vehicle access restriction, queue jump lanes and other intersection treatments.
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3 PUBLIC OUTREACH As with any public planning initiative, fielding public feedback can be difficult. Stakeholders can be passionate about parking, traffic, their business revenue, etc.
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4 PUBLIC SUPPORT With Quick-Build projects, there can be a knee-jerk reaction to stop a test if there is a public backlash. Being framed as a shortterm project does not mean the project has to be discontinued at the first sign of frustration.
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