Cascadia and UTA roll out transit‑supportive development guide with five‑D assessment tool

Jul 29, 2026

Cascadia Partners and UTA introduced a web‑based Transit Supportive Development Guide with a five‑D framework to score jurisdictions’ transit readiness and an interactive tool to set targets and identify implementation steps; UTA will provide educational materials and local examples.

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Pauline Ruheg of Cascadia Partners introduced a regionwide Transit Supportive Development Guide—a dynamic web tool and assessment that uses a five‑D framework (density, diversity, design, destination proximity and distance to transit) to help jurisdictions understand and improve their transit supportiveness. "What we're beginning to see in the region is that those goals are not being met," Ruheg said, citing UTA audit findings that motivated the project.

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