LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEMS

This compendium of information on Light Rail Transit (LRT) systems operating in 23 cities throughout Europe and North American, describes types of LRT (such as tram, semi-metro, and pre-metro), vehicle types, city characteristics, and government policies relating to such systems. The systems described were predominantly radial network configurations serving center city, and mostly confined within a 5 km radius. Increasing use was noted of tunnel sections in the center city as well as pedestrian mall service. There was also extensive modal integration. The broad range of LRT fleets consist of single, articulated and trailer units. Observations are also recorded of the vehicle ability to serve both low and high level platforms, monitoring and signal prioritization, honor-type fare collection, performance, ridership, operating costs, and subsidy sources specific to each country.

• Corporate Authors:

  General Motors Corporation

  Warren, MI  United States  48090
• Publication Date: 1975-8

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 151 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Central business districts; Fare collection; Light rail transit; Light rail vehicles; Monitoring; Multimodal transportation; Networks; Operating costs; Passengers; Pedestrian malls; Pedestrian tunnels; Public policy; Public transit; Rapid transit; Ridership; Streetcars; Subsidies; Technology; Travel demand; Urban transportation; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Articulated vehicles
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• Old TRIS Terms: Platforms
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00129608
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 14 1981 12:00AM