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Date
5-23-2014
Description
Current fixed-route transit service provided by Salem-Keizer Transit is inefficient in the low-density neighborhoods of West Salem, South Salem, and Keizer. The lack of sidewalks, non-gridded circuitous streets, and large single-family residential lots all contribute to a lack of ridership. As a result, traditional fixed-route transit service is not cost-effective in these areas. Through a five month planning process, a group of Portland State University graduate students, better known as Paradigm Planning, tackled the task of addressing this problem in each of the three study areas. Paradigm’s planning process explored mode and route options in order to produce a plan that provides innovative and feasible alternatives to current transit service that will better meet the needs of the community. Through an intensive community engagement process, the residents in each neighborhood were given a voice in shaping the future of transit in their neighborhood.
Biographical Information
Darwin Moosavi is a Master in Urban & Regional Planning candidate at Portland State University and Project Manager of the Paradigm Planning Team. Other Paradigm Planning members include fellow students Brenda Martin, Matt Berggren, Lauren Wirtis, Mike Sellinger, and CJ Doxsee.
Learn more about them and their project at capturingtheride.com
Subjects
Local transit -- Ridership -- Evaluation, Local transit -- Planning -- Oregon -- Keizer, Local transit -- Management
Disciplines
Transportation | Urban Studies and Planning
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/18286
Recommended Citation
Moosavi, Darwin, "Capturing the Ride: Exploring Low-Density Flexible Transit Alternatives in Salem-Keizer" (2014). PSU Transportation Seminars. 39.
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/18286