THE TRANSIT METROPOLIS: A GLOBAL INQUIRY

A transit metropolis is a region where a workable fit exists between transit services and urban form. In some cases this means compact, mixed-use development well suited for rail services, and in others it means flexible, fleetfooted bus services well suited to spread-out development. Part 1 of the book introduces the transit metropolis as a paradigm for sustainable regional development; part 2 provides four case studies - Stockholm, Copenhagen, Singapore and Tokyo - featuring cityscapes that have been designed and contoured, largely as a result of farsighted and proactive land use planning to support very intense rail transit services; part 3 discusses the hybrids, places that have struck a workable balance between concentrating development along trunkline transit corridors and adapting transit to serve spread-out suburbs efficiently; part 4 covers the strong-core cities that have effectively tied rail transit improvements to central city revitalization; part 5 discusses adaptive transit, i.e., tailoring transit to serve cities and suburbs; and, part 6 summarizes the key lessons learned from the case studies presented in this book and it then reviews efforts under way in five North American metropolitan areas: Portland, Oregon; Vancouver, British Columbia; San Diego, California; St. Louis, Missouri; and Houston, Texas. The book closes with a discussion of the challenges of nurturing and growing transit metropolises in the 21st century.

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  Island Press

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• Authors:
  • Cervero, R
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 464 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Communities; Development; Livability; Mode choice; Public transit; Quality of life; Sustainable development; Urban development
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transit services
• Old TRIS Terms: Modal selection; Transit development plan; Transit metropolis
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00757653
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1559635916
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 9 1998 12:00AM