Hey all,

 

So I have been asked to join a local task force looking at alternative transportation methods for our town. We are a small community right outside Cincinnati with no bike lanes and only one bus route through town. I’m very familiar with logistics but not urban planning. What are some of the key metrics/planning tools used? Also if there are any reading materials you’d recommend, we don’t start for another month or so. Thanks

For a good overview of how everything works together I’d read Walkable City by Jeff Speck

 

To understand transit read Human Transit by Jarrett Walker

 

For technical details about street design, bike lanes, bus lanes, etc check out the NACTO design guides 

 

Street Fight by Janette Sadik Khan tells the story of implementing some of these concepts (mostly in NYC but also generally) 

This website gives daily traffic counts but some of the data is old. http://traffic.oki.org/