A Guide to Assessing Needs

A Guide to Assessing Needs
Author: Ryan Watkins
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2012-01-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0821389017

Making informed decisions is the essential beginning to any successful development project. Before the project even begins, you can use needs assessment approaches to guide your decisions. This book is filled with practical strategies that can help you define the desired results and select the most appropriate activities for achieving them.

Developing, Enhancing, and Sustaining Tribal Transit Services

Developing, Enhancing, and Sustaining Tribal Transit Services
Author: Albert T. Stoddard
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2012
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0309258170

This report provides an overview of the tribal transit planning process and detailed guidance about the various steps for planning and implementing a tribal transit system. The steps that are described may be used for planning a new transit system, enhancing an existing service, or taking action to sustain services. While the guidebook is primarily aimed at tribal transit planners, it will also be of interest to tribal transportation planners and liaisons at all levels of government. In the research effort, data were collected from 67 tribes during Phase 1 and more detailed information was collected from 48 tribes during Phase 2. Fifteen tribes were visited for the development of case studies. Data were collected regarding the type of transit services, the size and scope of the transit programs, and funding approaches.

Qualitative Analysis for Planning & Policy

Qualitative Analysis for Planning & Policy
Author: John Gaber
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2018-01-12
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1351177893

This book explains how to use and adapt these techniques and how to integrate these methods with more traditional qualitative research. Chapters offer step-by-step guidance to setting up various kinds of qualitative research projects, collecting data, organizing data, and analyzing data. Case studies show how a mix of qualitative and quantitative research can help planners build consensus and tackle large, complicated projects.

Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment

Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 238
Release: 1995
Genre: Electric railroads
ISBN:

This manual provides direction for the preparation of noise and vibration sections of environmental documents for mass transportation projects. The manual has been developed in the interest of promoting quality and uniformity in assessments. It is expected to be used by people associated with or affected by the urban transit industry, including Federal Transit Administration (FTA) staff, grant applicants, consultants and the general public. Each of these groups has an interest in noise/vibration assessment, but not all have the need for all the details of the process. Consequently, this manual has been prepared to serve readers with varying levels of technical background and interests. It sets forth the basic concepts, methods and procedures for documenting the extent and severity of noise impacts from transit projects.