Impacts of Rail Transit on the Performance of a Transportation System
This paper summarizes research on the effects of rail transit on the performance of transportation systems in major U.S. cities. It summarizes results from the study "Rail Transit In America: Comprehensive Evaluation of Benefits," which evaluates rail transit benefits on the basis of comparison of transportation system performance in major U.S. cities. It finds that cities with larger, well-established rail systems have significantly higher per capita transit ridership, lower average per capita vehicle ownership and mileage, less traffic congestion, lower traffic death rates, and lower consumer transportation expenditures than otherwise comparable cities. These findings indicate that rail transit systems can provide a variety of economic, social, and environmental benefits and that benefits tend to increase as a system expands and matures.
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Authors:
- Litman, Todd
- Publication Date: 2005
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 23-29
- Monograph Title: Transit: Intermodal Transfer Facilities, Rail, Commuter Rail, Light Rail, and Major Activity Center Circulation Systems
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
- Issue Number: 1930
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automobile ownership; Benefits; Cities; Economic benefits; Environmental impacts; Impacts; Rail transit; Ridership; Social benefits; Traffic congestion; Vehicle miles of travel
- Geographic Terms: United States
- Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01020637
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309094046
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Mar 23 2006 3:30PM