While first-last mile solutions are useful strategies in less-dense communities, TransitCenter’s Zak Accuardi explains that transit performs best when riders can walk to stations:
“Improving street network connections that make walking to transit easier is among the most useful and cost-effective first- and last-mile strategies. Even in relatively dense urban centers, walking to transit can present a challenge. In Washington, D.C., WMATA has done a great, proactive analysis of the likely financial benefit of improving station area walkability, which shows an almost two-to-one return on investment.”