CHICAGO PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT

This article describes transportation planning and development in the Chicago area, including the median strip rapid transit operations in several freeways. Mention is made of the special evening and night operations to reduce the crime hazard to passengers.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Transportation and the Prospects for Improved Efficiency, Symposium sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Department, of Housing and Urban Development Department of Transportation and National Academy of Engineering, at the Eighth Autumn Meeting, 12-13 October 1972.
• Corporate Authors:

  National Academy of Engineering

  2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
  @ashington, DC  United States  20418
• Authors:
  • Pikarsky, M
• Conference:
  • Transportation and the Prospects for Improved Efficiency, Symposium sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Department, of Housing and Urban Development Department of Transportation and National Academy of Engineering, at the Eighth Autumn Meeting,
• Publication Date: 1973

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 201-218

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport access; Bus stops; Medians; Motor vehicle operations; Network analysis (Planning); Occupant protection devices; Passenger security; Rapid transit; Routes and routing; Security; Transportation; Transportation planning
• Identifier Terms: Chicago Transit Authority; Skokie Swift
• Uncontrolled Terms: Skip stops (Bus transit)
• Geographic Terms: Chicago (Illinois)
• Old TRIS Terms: Median strip rapid transit; Passenger protection
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050857
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 15 1981 12:00AM