THE BIAS IN TRANSIT PLANNING

It is difficult to compare the advantages and disadvantages of highway transit versus rail transit, quantitatively. Road and rail transit both have unique characteristics that make them best suited for certain purposes. Transportation is now recognized as a public service that reflects a wide range of needs. It is not valid to measure the cost of service against the direct benefit of the user. Historically, there has been a strong bias against rail transit.

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  Cahners Publishing Company, Incorporated

  5 South Wabash Avenue
  Chicago, IL  United States  60603
• Publication Date: 1975-5

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 70-73
• Serial:
  • Modern Railroads
  • Volume: 30
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: K-III Press, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0736-2064

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Policy; Transportation planning
• Old TRIS Terms: Government policies
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099205
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Canadian National Railways, Headquarters Library
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 1981 12:00AM