Filling the capacity gap for global cities medium capacity rail systems
Melbourne appears to be well-served by public transport with the light rail/ tram and train systems having their own characteristics and advantages. This paper analyses their current configurations, in a car-dependent city, and highlights some deficiencies which lead them to be less attractive to users. Car dependence will be hard to shake off unless these systems change and adapt. Critically, the relative coverage of area and population (using primary 800-metre catchments) does not reach as far as one would have believed at first look. The gap between the two public transport systems and their real lack of reach opens up opportunities for considering medium capacity vehicles and a network type that has been well-tested across the world in large and medium-sized cities. Medium Capacity Rail Systems (MCRS) can fill a gap between the two systems that complement land use and city productivity. We need to understand the challenges when we examine options for new rail and city infrastructure. It is critical that any new passenger movement system answers more than the question of capacity or system coverage. There are four major challenges to consider for this work:
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Authors:
- O'Connell J
- Roberts M
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- Publication Date: 2012
Media Info
- Pagination: 29p. ; PDF
- Monograph Title: AusRAIL PLUS 2012, rail's role in society, 27-28 November 2012, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Infrastructure; Passengers; Public transit; Transportation operations
- ATRI Terms: Infrastructure; Passenger; Public transport; Transport network
- Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01532213
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- Files: ATRI
- Created Date: Jul 29 2014 12:01PM