Transit in the land of plenty : a case for linking land use patterns and public transit service planning

This professional report examines academic literature on needs-gaps analyses in transit planning and proposes that this methodology ignores the basic premise of transit planning which is to serve a region and respond to land uses. The report proposes identifying land use patterns in Dallas County, TX for improved transit service. The research incorporates land use into needs-gaps analyses to test the relevancy of this proposal.