Evaluation methods for rail transit projects [PDF]
Transportation Research Part A: General, 1989 The demand for rail transit funds greatly exceeds available monies. Worse, there is widespread disagreement over the wisdom of building rail systems in American cities. The Urban Mass Transportation Administration's (UMTA's) transit analysis methods have relied on cost-effectiveness measures with little attention devoted to the analysis of economic ...
Johnston, Robert A., DeLuchi, Mark A.
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Circle rail transit line timetable scheduling using Rail TPM [PDF]
WIT Transactions on The Built Environment, 2010 This paper on circle rail transit line timetable scheduling is from the proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computer System Design and Operation in Railways and Other Transit Systems, held in Beijing, China, in 2010. The authors describe the use of Rail TPM, a user-friendly rail transit timetable scheduling tool, that can be easily ...
J. Zhibin, G. Jia, X. Ruihua
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Debunking Portland: The City That Doesn't Work [PDF]
, 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
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Does Rail Transit Save Energy or Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions? [PDF]
, 2008 Far from protecting the environment, most rail transit lines use more energy per passenger mile, and many generate more greenhouse gases, than the average passenger automobile.
Randal O'Toole
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Understanding Transit Ridership Demand for a Multi-Destination, Multimodal Transit Network in an American Metropolitan Area, Research Report 11-06 [PDF]
, 2012 This study examines the factors underlying transit demand in the multi-destination, integrated bus and rail transit network for Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta provides an opportunity to explore the consequences of a multi-destination transit network for bus ...
Bhattacharya, Torsha +3 more
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Changes in Transit Use and Service and Associated Changes in Driving Near a New Light Rail Transit Line, MTI Report 12-44 [PDF]
, 2015 Los Angeles is pursuing possibly the most ambitious rail transit investment program in the nation with plans to open six new rail transit lines between now and 2019.
Boarnet, Marlon +3 more
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A decision support system to improve service quality in multimodal rapid rail systems: A bayesian perspective [PDF]
, 2011 Copyright @ 2011 International Conference on Computers and Industrial EngineeringIn this study, the accessibility of the rail transit stations in a multimodal network formed by a trunk line and its feeder lines are defined. Connectivity between lines and
Aktas, E, Topcu, I, Ugurlu, S
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Net Effects of Gasoline Price Changes on Transit Ridership in U.S. Urban Areas, MTI Report 12-19 [PDF]
, 2015 Using panel data of transit ridership and gasoline prices for ten selected U.S. urbanized areas over the time period of 2002 to 2011, this study analyzes the effect of gasoline prices on ridership of the four main transit modes—bus, light rail, heavy ...
Ali, Rubaba, Iseki, Hiroyuki
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Rails Won't Save America [PDF]
, 2008 Rising gas prices and concerns about greenhouse gases have stimulated calls to build more rail transit lines in urban areas, increase subsidies to Amtrak, and construct a large-scale intercity high-speed rail system. These megaprojects will cost hundreds
Randal O'Toole
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Political risk in light rail transit PPP projects [PDF]
, 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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