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The Innovative Practices for Increased Ridership application is the central information repository and dissemination resource on innovative strategies that transit systems have utilized to increase ridership. Although this site will be open to the general public, it is intended for use primarily by transit organizations.

The goal is to assist transit organizations in increasing ridership by collecting information from transit agencies that were able to achieve increases through innovative practices.

The following describes the information being collected, how to complete each field, and how some information may be used:

Transit Agency Information - Information publicly available will include Transit Agency name, Address, Phone, Fax, and URL. The listed contact's name and business email address are available only to FTA users with special access, for internal use only.

Web Address - This information is not required, but is exceptionally useful to FTA. If a website URL is available for your agency, please provide it.

Area Population Size - The type of area being served by the transit agency in standard FTA population breakdown.

Did ridership increase? - While identifying practices that have resulted in increases in ridership is the primary focus of this website, an innovative practice may have turned back or reduced declines in ridership. These measures also provide valuable lessons that will be shared on the website.

How much did ridership increase? - The percentage (%) of gross increase over the previous calendar year (or other relevant time period) that ridership changed. Please indicate the relevant time period.

Innovation Type - The "Innovative Practices that Have Contributed to Ridership Increases." Click the field to view a listing of potential innovation types. If "Other" is selected, please provide a brief description.

Innovation Subtype(s) - Please select all innovation subtypes that apply to the Innovative Practice (note, these are not related directly to the Innovation Type) specified by holding the control key ("Ctrl") and clicking each subtype needed. If not found in the list, please provide a brief description.

Project Title - Title or brief one-line description to help FTA analyze and categorize the Innovative Practice.

Description - Please provide a summary (100 - 300 words) that explains the salient features of the project. You can type this in, but it will be more effective to use a word processor to draft and spell check your submission. Cut and paste this text into the Description field.

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