TANGENTIAL ROUTES INSTEAD OF RADIAL EXTENSIONS

The tangential route, by definition, follows a tangential path relative to the center of a network. Public transit planners are more and more starting to rely on these lines when trying to improve high capacity networks along radial routes. The article discusses some of the positive properties that tangential lines offer, such as generation of new trip patterns that do not require travel to the center of the region to make connections to travel to outer points of the region. Growing demand for travel in tangential directions, a situation that occurs frequently when suburbs grow and businesses locate away from the central region, and ability to provide relief from the pressure on the inner parts of networks, such as overcrowding, without adding capacity to the radial lines, are among the recognized positive properties. The article also points out that while radial extensions can help strengthen the center while promoting sprawl by making it easier to live far away, tangential routes can make it more attractive to live in inner parts of the region without a car, thus contributing to eco-friendliness of suburban development projects by improving their accessibility via public transit..

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Corporate Authors:
Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

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75008 Paris, France
Authors:
- Bruun, E
Publication Date: 1998-6

Language

English

Media Info

Features: Figures;
Pagination: p. 20-21
Serial:
- Urban Transport International
- Issue Number: 17
- Publisher: Groupe Actis
- ISSN: 1268-2241
- Serial URL: http://urban.transport.free.fr

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Business districts; Multimodal transportation; Network analysis (Planning); Origin and destination; Public transit; Radial highways; Suburbs; Transfer points; Transportation planning; Travel patterns; Urban sprawl
Uncontrolled Terms: Tangential routes
Subject Areas: Finance; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

Accession Number: 00762030
Record Type: Publication
Files: TRIS
Created Date: Apr 10 1999 12:00AM