This paper provides examples of how cities have successfully changed curb use to support transit. It is focused on the types of busy, store-lined streets where high-ridership transit lines often struggle with reliability. These key curbside management strategies support reliable transit and safer streets in one of two ways: either by directly making room for transit, or supporting transit projects by better managing the many demands on the urban curb.

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Having the option to make small reductions in curbside parking can make or break a transit project.

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Putting curbside change into a neighborhood context helps cities move from talking about parking loss to talking about tradeoffs, and is a more realistic approach to understanding how curbs are used near busy transit streets.

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Transit projects that make heavy demands of the curb need to be planned beyond the specific street. Managing curbsides at a neighborhood scale makes it possible to assign curbside uses that don’t need to be directly in front of a destination, and planning for access beyond the corridor makes it easier to reassign parking on a corridor.

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