RAIL-BASED URBAN TRANSIT SYSTEMS
The various railway systems developed for urban transit fall into four main groups: trams, light metros, conventional metros or underground railway systems, and suburban or regional express railways. The main characteristics of each group are reviewed, and the authors define the areas for which each system seems best suited for operational reasons (type of service, maximum traffic, commercial running speed). Criteria for selecting a particular system are proposed, a distinction being drawn between standard criteria and elements which cannot be quantified, such as the system's influence on the nation's industrial policy, urban development, public transport administrative structure, physical structure of existing transport systems, and improvement in the quality of life. Details are given of four recent schemes, already operational or in the planning stage: the regional express system in Cairo, the urban service at Abidjan (Ivory Coast), and trams in Curitiba (Brazil) and Nantes (France). (TRRL)
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Corporate Authors:
North Oxford Academic Publishing Limited
242 Banbury Road
Oxford OX2 7DR, England -
Authors:
- Marchand, L
- VEINBERG, J
- Guittonneau, F
- Publication Date: 1983
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 413-430
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Serial:
- French Railway Review
- Volume: 1
- Issue Number: 5
- Publisher: North Oxford Academic Publishing Limited
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Classification; Construction; Developing countries; Light rail transit; Light rail vehicles; Operating costs; Public transit; Railroad tracks; Railroad transportation; Rapid transit; Streetcars; Subways; Technology; Transportation policy; Trolley cars; Urban areas; Vehicle capacity
- Uncontrolled Terms: Compatibility; Selection; Selection criteria
- Geographic Terms: Brazil; Egypt; France; Ivory Coast; United States
- Old TRIS Terms: Advanced tram; National transportation policies
- ITRD Terms: 8012: Brazil; 1251: Capacity (veh); 8513: Classification; 3655: Construction; 8031: Egypt; 8036: France; 8052: Ivory Coast; 221: Operating costs; 744: Public transport; 1173: Rail bound transport; 1181: Rapid transit system; 9072: Selection; 1284: Tram; 1191: Underground railway; 313: Urban area
- Subject Areas: Construction; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Railroads; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00392815
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Mar 29 1985 12:00AM