CHANGES IN THE ECONOMIC BASE OF URBAN AREAS: IMPLICATIONS FOR URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

This paper focuses on how future city development is likely to differ from past patterns, on the increasing importance of design in rebuilding older cities so that these cities become "livable" cities competitive with other "world class" cities, and on the potential role of transit as a design and development tool.

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  • 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. This paper appeared in Transportation Research Board Special Report No. 199, Future Directions of Urban Public Transportation. Papers presented at a Conference on the Future Directions of Urban Public Transportation, September 26-29, 1982, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
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• Authors:
  • Knight, Richard V
• Conference:
  • Conference on the Future Directions of Urban Public Transportation, 1982, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 46-53
• Monograph Title: FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 199
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City planning; Public transit; Socioeconomic factors; Transportation planning; Urban areas; Urban development; Urban transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Urban engineering
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387955
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 28 1984 12:00AM