Author: Publisher:
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Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
Transit Systems Comparison Study
Author: Transit Systems Comparison Study Comparative City Data Base
Author: Texas Transportation InstitutePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Urban transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Trains, Buses, People
Author: Christof SpielerPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1610919033
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
What are the best transit cities in the US? The best Bus Rapid Transit lines? The most useless rail transit lines? The missed opportunities? In the US, the 25 largest metropolitan areas and many smaller cities have fixed guideway transit—rail or bus rapid transit. Nearly all of them are talking about expanding. Yet discussions about transit are still remarkably unsophisticated. To build good transit, the discussion needs to focus on what matters—quality of service (not the technology that delivers it), all kinds of transit riders, the role of buildings, streets and sidewalks, and, above all, getting transit in the right places. Christof Spieler has spent over a decade advocating for transit as a writer, community leader, urban planner, transit board member, and enthusiast. He strongly believes that just about anyone—regardless of training or experience—can identify what makes good transit with the right information. In the fun and accessible Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit, Spieler shows how cities can build successful transit. He profiles the 47 metropolitan areas in the US that have rail transit or BRT, using data, photos, and maps for easy comparison. The best and worst systems are ranked and Spieler offers analysis of how geography, politics, and history complicate transit planning. He shows how the unique circumstances of every city have resulted in very different transit systems. Using appealing visuals, Trains, Buses, People is intended for non-experts—it will help any citizen, professional, or policymaker with a vested interest evaluate a transit proposal and understand what makes transit effective. While the book is built on data, it has a strong point of view. Spieler takes an honest look at what makes good and bad transit and is not afraid to look at what went wrong. He explains broad concepts, but recognizes all of the technical, geographical, and political difficulties of building transit in the real world. In the end,Trains, Buses, People shows that it is possible with the right tools to build good transit.
Making Transit Work
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board. Committee for an International Comparison of National Policies and Expectations Affecting Public TransitPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Transportation Research Board, National Research Council
ISBN: 9780309067485
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This report was prepared for policy makers searching for ways to boost public transit use in U.S. urban areas and wishing to know what can be learned from the experiences of Canada and Western Europe. Describes the differences in public transit use among U.S., Canadian, and Western European cities; identifies those factors, from urban form to automobile usage, that have contributed to these differences; and offers hypotheses about the reasons for these differences--from historical, demographic, and economic conditions to specific public policies, such as automobile taxation and urban land use regulation.
Comparative Analysis Study of Alternative Transit Systems
Author: A Comparison Study Into the Use of Bus Rapid Transit and Light Rail Transit and the Implementation of These Systems on a British City
Author: Ruairidh MacVeighTransit Research Abstracts
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Information ServicePublisher:
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Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Research for Public Transit
Author: Transportation Research BoardPublisher: Transportation Research Board
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
TRB Special Report 213: Research for Public Transit: New Directions reviews transit research programs and recommends improvements. The report calls for an operator-sponsored, problem-solving research program focused on priority topics of common interest to transit providers. The committee urges Congress to allow the agencies to pool their funds to organize and conduct such research. With strong support from the transit industry, Congress subsequently endorsed these recommendations and in 1991 created the Transit Cooperative Research Program.
Comparative Urban Transit Systems
Author: Allan RossPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Local transit
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Bus Rapid Transit and Heavy Rail
Author: Tamashbeen RahmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
ABSTRACT: Transit-oriented developments have been embraced by cities across the United States to create dense, walkable, transit-supportive areas. This thesis studies Florida's East Coast (FEC) Corridor to determine which mode of transit, heavy rail or bus rapid transit (BRT), will most likely create successful transit-oriented developments (TOD) in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade County. As in many transit studies in the United States, Florida's Department of Transportation (FDOT) is completing a study to determine if BRT or heavy rail should be the locally preferred alternative for the FEC corridor as part of the alternatives analysis. But due to the lack of research and information about BRT, planners, government officials and citizens are hesitant to use this system, giving it an unfair disadvantage. In this thesis, transit characteristics that are crucial for creating successful TOD and transit systems are identified. The identified transit characteristics are: land use impacts, frequency, air and sound pollution, vibration, flexibility of service, transfers, capacity, level of permanence, and aesthetics. Comparing BRT and heavy rail based on these transit characteristics in conjunction with the current and forecasted population and employment density for the South Florida region, it is found that bus rapid transit is the superior mode. Thus BRT should be implemented to help create successful TODs in South Florida. Furthermore, the BRT system also has the potential to create successful TOD in other regions of the United States, especially in areas that lack high density to support heavy rail.