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Homelessness: A Guide for Public Transportation

(2024)

Unemployment, low wages, poverty, and lack of affordable housing are the main drivers of an increasing homeless population throughout the U.S. in recent years. Transit agencies are being impacted by homelessness. While transit agencies cannot address the underlying causes of homelessness, there are opportunities to work with local partners to be a part of helping individuals in need, while providing a safe, reliable, and customer-friendly experience for all riders.

TCRP Research Report 242: Homelessness: A Guide for Public Transportation, from TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program, presents transit agency experiences and lessons learned as they have built on, newly implemented, or are considering programmatic activities that respond to homelessness.

Contributor(s): National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Transportation Research Board; Transit Cooperative Research Program; Marisa Zapata; John MacArthur; Anna Rockhill; Rebeca Petean

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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Homelessness: A Guide for Public Transportation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/27248.

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138 pages | 8.5 x 11 | Paperback
ISBN: 978-0-309-70931-6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/27248

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-viii
Summary	1-6
Part I - Project Overview	7-8
Chapter 1 - Introduction	9-16
Chapter 2 - Homelessness Basics	17-24
Chapter 3 - Homelessness and Public Transportation	25-30
Chapter 4 - Case Studies	31-42
Part II - Current Practices to Address Homelessness	43-44
Chapter 5 - Providing Access and Mobility	45-49
Chapter 6 - Supporting People Experiencing Homelessness	50-67
Chapter 7 - Land, Facilities, and Public Spaces	68-77
Chapter 8 - Implementing an Effective Program to Address Homelessness	78-87
References	88-96
Acronyms and Abbreviations	97-97
Appendix A - Literature Review	98-118
Appendix B - Methodology and Interview Questions for Case Studies	119-120
Appendix C - Program Descriptions	121-132

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