TODAY'S NEED FOR BALANCED URBAN TRANSIT SYSTEMS

Cities must have freeway systems in order to facilitate the movement of traffic. After a city reaches a certain size, however, it soon becomes apparent that freeways alone cannot solve the transportation problem. The only solution to this problem is to provide a system of balanced transit. Thus every large city that has expanded very rapidly-Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta, and many others-should be planning or building a balanced transit system, with railroad rapid transit (including suburban railroad service) as the core, augmented by freeways for buses and private automobiles.

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• Authors:
  • Micheals, E L
• Publication Date: 1970-10

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 87-91
• Serial:
  • IEEE Spectrum
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • ISSN: 0018-9235

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Person capacity; Rail transit facilities; Rapid transit
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transit capacity
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00043599
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: IEEE Spectrum
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 1 1973 12:00AM