MANAGING TRANSPORT SYSTEMS--A CYBERNETIC PERSPECTIVE. CHAPTER 3. MANAGEMENT ASPECTS OF TYNE AND WEAR METRO

Aspects of the design and implementation of a publicly owned, urban transport system for the Tyne and Wear conurbation are described. This conurbation in the north-east of England has been subject to a significant change in socio-economic structure over the past two or three decades. The Tyne and Wear Metro system is a response to the changing market for public transport in the area. In the paper, the setting up of the Tyneside Passenger Authority and Executive to plan and operate the metro, is outlined, also their principal duties, which included the provision of a fully integrated public transport system to meet the needs of the area. The metro system is briefly described and attention is focused on some of the problems faced by the management of the project during its design, construction, and integration into the existing public transport network. This is the largest single urban transport project in the United Kingdom this century; it will have been completed in full within thirteen years of first being recommended at a cost in real terms of some 10 percent more than the original estimate. The number of the covering abstract of the book is IRRD no 286085. (TRRL)

• Corporate Authors:

  Gower Publishing

  Brookfield, VT  United States 
• Authors:
  • Keys, P
  • Jackson, M C
  • Howard, D F
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 55-77

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction projects; Coordination; Light rail transit; Management; Public transit; Socioeconomic factors; Transit boards; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Identifier Terms: Tyne and Wear Metro
• Uncontrolled Terms: Integrated transportation systems
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 385: Conurbation; 1054: Network (traffic); 143: Planning; 744: Public transport; 253: Transport authority; 1191: Underground railway; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00457341
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 2004 9:52PM