TRANSIT POLICY AND OPERATIONS IN EUROPE AND CANADA

This article describes and compares city planning policies as related to transit planning and transit operations in Europe and Canada. While transit is the traditional travel mode in Europe, authorities there are now experiencing the general decline in ridership that accompanies increased car ownership, the case in North America. One reason for larger transit usage in Europe is the difference in attitudes of authorities responsible for mass transportation. In Europe there is willingness to experiment and innovate, even if it means attacking the privileges of the automobile driver, and whether or not the new measure will benefit the transit authority in monetary terms. Canadian and British systems have low costs because they pare down unprofitable services so as not to incur a deficit.

• Record URL:
  • https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021808780?urlappend=%3Bseq=403
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00410713
• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  1250 I Street, NW, Suite 750
  Washington, DC  United States  20005
• Authors:
  • MORRALL, J
  • Finn, N
• Publication Date: 1975-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 385-402
• Serial:
  • Traffic Quarterly
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0041-0713

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fares; Light rail transit; Passenger service; Policy; Rapid transit; Subsidies; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Government policies
• Subject Areas: Law; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099183
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 1981 12:00AM