Effective transit can make a place more livable, more accessible, more sustainable, and greatly enhance local overall quality of life. Transit services and transit supportive development can provide a wide range of benefits across many sectors of a community. It is not simply the transit provider and rider who benefit; but rather, it is the municipalities, the development community, the non-transit riders, and others that can gain economic, environmental and quality of life benefits.
THE RIDER
- Lower cost of transportation compared to regular automobile use
- Enhanced access to local goods and services, jobs, and regional destinations
- Greater mobility for citizens with disabilities
- Greater passive exercise and lower rate of obesity and related illness
SOCIETY
- Fewer environmental impacts than private automobile use
- Greater opportunities for housing choice and “aging in place”
- Enhanced local and regional character
- Reduced congestion on non-transit systems
MUNICIPALITIES AND AGENCIES
- More efficient infrastructure systems and maintenance
- Enhanced local services in more concentrated areas
DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
- Greater utilization of available land
- Broader market diversity and feasibility
TRANSIT SERVICE PROVIDER
- Greater integration of facilities into development context
- More predictable ridership volume and behavior
- Enhanced local access to/from transit service
- Safer operations with fewer accidents
- More efficient operations
