When train stations, bus stops or transfer facilities are centrally situated, easy to reach, with convenient connections, they make it simple to get where we're going, without having to drive.
Transportation can also enhance the quality of our lives when it responds to people's needs.
When transit facilities provide pleasant waiting places with comfortable seating, congenial food service, clean bathrooms, helpful signage and other amenities in lively, attractive surroundings, they become important places in their communities that people can enjoy. Similarly, streets designed to the scale of people, with colorful plantings, pleasing street furniture and positive activities, offer environments where people can feel safe, relaxed and free to savor life around them. What's more, when transportation is people-oriented, it can help build communities and restore community life. It can provide the accessibility and exposure that helps develop business. It can allow for entrepreneurial opportunities by molding public spaces and transportation facilities that can nurture start-up enterprises.