TRAFFIC IMPACTS OF LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT

In August 1981, the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board (MTDB) began operation of light rail vehicle service from downtown San Diego to the San Ysidro International Border. Even before the south line of the trolley was put into operation, MTDB began planning for an East Line extension. Although the feasibility study for the East Line showed the extension to be practical in terms of patronage, estimates, construction impacts and overall environmental impacts of light rail vehicles on traffic operations in the downtown areas of the cities of Lemon Grove and La Mesa. This paper reviews and evaluates the potential impacts of the trolley at-grade operations.

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  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/sr/sr195/sr195-039.pdf
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  • This paper appeared in Transportation Research Board Special Report No. 195, Light Rail Transit: Planning, Design, and Implementation. Papers presented at the Conference on Light Rail Transit, March 28-30, 1982, San Diego, California, sponsored by Urban Mass Transportation Administration. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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• Authors:
  • Gibson, Patrick A
  • Lin, B B
  • Robenhymer, R
• Conference:
  • Conference on Light-Rail Transit
  • Location: San Francisco California, United States
  • Date: 1982-3-28 to 1982-3-30
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 161-169
• Monograph Title: LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT: PLANNING, DESIGN, AND IMPLEMENTATION
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 195
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demonstration projects; Emergency vehicles; Impact studies; Light rail transit; Line extensions (Rail transit); Queuing; Railroad grade crossings; Traffic conflicts; Traffic signal control systems; Traffic signal preemption
• Geographic Terms: San Diego (California)
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00371636
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 29 1983 12:00AM