Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Transit Facility Handbook (Districts 1 & 7)

This paper describes how the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District 1 & 7 Transit Facility Handbook was a joint effort to provide comprehensive guidance for planning and design of transit facilities, activities, and services in the 17 Florida counties contained within these two FDOT Districts in southwest-central Florida. The handbook was a collaborative effort of Gannett Fleming, Inc., Tindale-Oliver & Associates, Inc., and the Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida. Through the utilization of several workshops and a project steering committee, the handbook was based upon extensive research of transit guidelines developed by transit agencies, field-knowledge of the transit agencies within the FDOT Districts, and input from FDOT District and Central Office staff. The handbook, which was released in October 2007, synthesizes current research perspectives, practices and experiences; and, will be of interest to public officials, transit agencies, engineers, planners and designers.