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The Myth of Free Parking
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Policy Briefs
Denver, Colorado: The Next Transit Metropolis. Nearly every major metropolitan area in the United States has made a strong financial commitment to a transit system. Learn how Denver is making a difference.
Driven to Spend. The average Twin Cities household spends 17 percent of its income on transportation.This is $1,500 more than the amount spent by the average U.S. household.
Transit Fares. Minneapolis and St. Paul have some of the highest transit fares in the country.
Transit Funding in Peer City Regions. Investment in public transit in the Twin Cities is 23 percent lower than the average spent in peer regions.
Transit Ridership in the Twin Cities. 81 million people rode transit in 2006.
Transit Routes and Ridership in Major U.S. and Canadian Metro Regions. New York, Washington D.C., and Boston have the highest transit ridership per capita.
Highway Lane Miles.The Twin Cities have more highway lane miles per capita than cities like Los Angeles and Detroit.
Sources of Funding for Transit in Peer Regions. A dedicated sales tax is the funding mechanism of choice in most regions.
Subsidies for Roads and Transit in the Twin Cities. User fees don't pay most of the costs; most of the costs are subsidized.
| CITIZENS' AGENDA FOR TRANSPORTATION IN THE TWIN CITIES |
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The
Twin Cities transportation system is failing. The
arteries that move people and goods are more
clogged everyday. Our transportation
system lacks choices, fairness and accountability.
High costs hurt families, businesses, and our
region’s
reputation.
It’s
time for a comprehensive review of
Minnesota’s ailing transportation system with
an eye to solutions that make sense in the
21st century. Transit for Livable Communities
has
created a blueprint for reforming and modernizing
the system: the newly released Citizens’ Agenda
for Transportation in the Twin Cities region.
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| SHARING THE ROAD: ENCOURAGING BIKING & WALKING IN MINNESOTA |
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Walking
and biking are good for our bodies, our environment and our
communities - and we're less likely than ever before to walk
or bike to where we want to go. That's no accident. We live
in an auto-oriented state, in an auto-oriented country. Investments
at the local, state and national levels mostly support driving
and parking with, at best, minimal and sporadic support for
biking and walking alternatives.
It's
time to take walking and biking seriously as cost-efficient
modes of transportation that reduce the need for road expansion,
help us create a sense of community, reduce pollution and
make us healthier. |
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Sharing
the Road: Encouraging Biking & Walking
in Minnesota illustrates
the possibilities by highlighting a number
of initiatives and innovative programs
from communities in Minnesota, around
the United States and in other countries
that are making walking and biking a
high priority. > Read
& Download the Report Here |
| The
Myth of Free Parking |
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The
Twin Cities' region has a cuture of free
and abundant parking, and the results are
expensive and wasteful. A new report, released
by Transit for Livable Communities in 2003,
examines the need for employers
and communities to reform
parking practices and procedures.
The Myth of Free Parking raises fundamental questions about parking and identifies ways in which employers, municipalities and state agencies can improve their approch to parking. The report discusses parking innovations from the Twin Cities region and around the country.
> Download
the Report Here!
> Read the Press Release
> Read the Executive Summary |
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