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The Federal New Starts Program: What Do New Regulations Mean For Metropolitan Areas?, Kate Lowe, Sandra Rosenbloom
The Federal New Starts Program: What Do New Regulations Mean For Metropolitan Areas?, Kate Lowe, Sandra Rosenbloom
Kate Lowe, PhD
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Bypassing Equity? Transit Investment And Regional Transportation Planning, Kate Lowe
Bypassing Equity? Transit Investment And Regional Transportation Planning, Kate Lowe
Kate Lowe, PhD
Regional planning may require a better understanding of multijurisdictional planning and equity within intergovernmental context. This research explores how intergovernmental context and metropolitan planning organization (MPO) activities impact rail proposals for low-income and minority communities. In two case studies, Boston and Miami, other government agencies determined the projects within MPO plans. In Boston, however, advocates leveraged agreements and federal rules to secure rail, and the MPO has developed extensive equity analyses. The cases exemplify the fiscal paradox that MPOs face—they have fiscally constrained plans but control little funding. Findings indicate the need to better relate multijurisdictional planning ambitions to intergovernmental …
Ballot Box Planning: Implementation Of Rail Ballot Measures, Kate Lowe, Rolf Pendall, Juliet Gainsborough, Mai Nguyen
Ballot Box Planning: Implementation Of Rail Ballot Measures, Kate Lowe, Rolf Pendall, Juliet Gainsborough, Mai Nguyen
Kate Lowe, PhD
Metropolitan areas in the United States frequently finance new rail lines with local option taxes, and, as a result, rail plans and associated taxes often come before voters as ballot measures. Existing research finds that rail ballot measures are more likely to pass when taxes are linked to specific projects and planning has broad stakeholder involvement. Such studies, however, have not examined to what extent agencies implement voter-approved projects. This research fills this gap and finds the interrelated variables of ballot measure provisions, campaign supporters and strategies, and planned rail projects contribute to varied progress toward implementation in Denver, Houston, …