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Impact of light rail implementation on labor market accessibility: A transportation equity perspective

open access: yesJournal of Transport and Land Use, 2012
This study seeks to examine transit’s role in promoting social equity by assessing before-after impacts of recent transit changes in the Twin Cities, including opening of the Hiawahta light rail line, on job accessibility among workers of different wage ...
Yingling Fan   +2 more
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Political risk in light rail transit PPP projects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Since 2003 public-private partnerships (PPPs) have represented between 10 and 13.5% of the total investment in public services in the UK. The macro-economic and political benefits of PPPs were among the key drivers for central government's decision ...
Al-Tabtabai H.   +15 more
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Introduction to special issue: Rail transit development in China and beyond

open access: yesJournal of Transport and Land Use, 2019
Rail transit is widely considered an efficient and environment-friendly means to address the increasing demand for travel. In the past decades, the scale and speed of China's rail transit development has been unprecedented.
Mi Diao, Yingling Fan, Xueliang Zhang
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Profiting logistics businesses through optimised light rail transit system: Application to the city of Bangkok

open access: yesCogent Engineering, 2021
The objective of this study was to develop a new method for freight movement in urban areas by combining a light rail transit system and a road transport system to distribute and deliver parcels.
Arthit Apichottanakul   +2 more
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Exploring the traveler group-based ridership fluctuations before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of rail transit system in Izmir, Türkiye

open access: yesJournal of Innovative Transportation, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted life around the world. Situations such as the transition of schools to remote education, remote working, and people's fear of becoming infected have had a strong impact on public transport ridership. In this article,
Oruç Altıntaşı, Dila Guzel
doaj   +1 more source

Closure to “The Resurgence of Light Rail Transit” [PDF]

open access: bronzeTransportation Engineering Journal of ASCE, 1977
Martin Lenow
openaire   +2 more sources

Debunking Portland: The City That Doesn't Work [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Though many people consider Portland, Oregon, a model of 21st-century urban planning, the region's integrated land-use and transportation plans have greatly reduced the area's livability.
Randal O'Toole
core   +1 more source

The impacts of light rail on residential property values in a non-zoning city: A new test on the Houston METRORail transit line

open access: yesJournal of Transport and Land Use, 2019
The impacts of rail transit system on residential property values have been examined for many metropolitan areas in the U.S. But there are few studies on the effects of light rail in a non-zoning city.
Qisheng Pan
doaj   +1 more source

The effect of light rail transit on land-use development in a city without zoning

open access: yesJournal of Transport and Land Use, 2017
Light rail transit (LRT) has become a popular strategy to improve accessibility and mobility in the United States. It has also been touted as a tool to spur urban growth, higher-density development, and revitalization in large, auto-dependent cities like
Richard Lee, Ipek N Sener
doaj   +1 more source

Transit system evaluation: Guideway bus vs. light rail transit [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Transportation, 1992
AbstractThis paper describes a set of specialized spreadsheets that model the cost and performance of transit system options including light rail transit, guideway bus, express bus, and ride sharing. These spreadsheets are demonstrated by comparing a guideway bus (GWB) transit system and a light rail transit (LRT) system proposed for construction in an
John R. Stone   +3 more
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