URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT (REPORT BY THE TOWN AND TRANSPORT COMMITTEES AND THE INTERNAL TRANSPORT COMMITTEE FOR THE 6TH PLAN, 1971-1975)

TRANSPORTS COLLECTIFS URBAINS (RAPPORT DES COMMISSIONS DES VILLES ET DES TRANSPORTS ET DU COMITE DES TRANSPORTS INTERIEURS DU SIXIEME PLAN, 1971-1975)

This report outlines the policy put forward by the committees for the promotion of public transport: rehabilitation of the public transport concept, offer of a valid alternative to the car, and prevention of irreversible forms of urban development. The main actions proposed for implementation within the 6th plan are: development of railway networks in the paris region, construction of transport corridors in Lyon and Marseille, experiments with new forms of transport in several medium-sized towns, better operation of the road network, improvement in the productivity and level of service of existing transport networks, improvement of managerial staff with a view to gaining an overall understanding of urban transport problems. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Documentation Francaise

  Quai Voltaire 29-31
  Paris,   France 
• Publication Date: 1971

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: 51 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commuter service; Corridors; Future; Improvements; Innovation; Level of service; Management; Personnel; Planning; Policy; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Railroads; Rapid transit; Transportation corridors; Transportation modes; Transportation planning; Transportation policy; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• Identifier Terms: Societe nationale des chemins de fer francais
• Geographic Terms: France; Paris (France)
• Old TRIS Terms: Future concepts; Government policies; Railway
• ITRD Terms: 8036: France; 227: Investment; 143: Planning; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Railroads; Society; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099599
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institut de Recherche des Transports
• Report/Paper Numbers: R&D Rept.
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 18 1975 12:00AM