<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#073763">Hi everyone,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#073763"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#073763">Recently, <a href="https://www.mapc.org/planning101/mapc-releases-get-it-rolling-workbook-on-bus-improvements/">MAPC released its "Get It Rolling" </a><a>guide</a>, and we wanted to share it with the MA planning community.<br><div class="gmail-fl-col gmail-fl-node-60d0a4e7ca198">
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<p style="text-align:left"><span><a href="https://www.mapc.org/resource-library/get-it-rolling/">The guide</a>
lays out steps to help municipal staff, community leaders, and
advocates launch successful bus improvements in high ridership, high
delay corridors. These projects are important tools in achieving
climate, equity, and transit goals, as well as improving quality of life
for the thousands of people in our region (and beyond).</span></p><p><span><a href="https://www.mapc.org/resource-library/get-it-rolling/">The workbook</a>
provides an overview of how to improve bus transit, implement pilot
programs, and communicate with community members. It identifies crucial
stakeholders and project milestones, offers examples of successful
strategies, and distills lessons learned.</span></p>
<p><span>While every project won’t be the same, “<a href="https://www.mapc.org/resource-library/get-it-rolling/">Get it Rolling</a>” offers a framework to begin, offering tips, questions to consider, resources, and examples.</span></p>
<p><span>The information in "Get It Rolling” was
distilled from studying six local bus priority projects that started
turning the wheels of change in the region. These projects were the
first to involve quick, temporary, and easy to change elements in order
to influence the permanent design. This guide includes case studies for each of the six projects studied as well as a <a href="https://www.mapc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Get-it-Rolling-Summary1.pdf">quick 3-page overview of the suggested steps</a>.</span><span></span></p>
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</div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#073763">Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions about the guide!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#073763"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#073763">Best,</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Marah Holland<br></span></div><div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">MAPC Transportation Planner</span></div></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Public health & Urban Planning professional</span></div><div><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/marahholland/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> | Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/MarahHolland" target="_blank">@MarahHolland</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>