PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AS A CONSTRUCTION MARKET

An international upsurge in demand for urban mass transit facilities is creating one of the few important growth markets on the international construction scene. Hundreds, and often thousands, of millions of dollars are being spent in the most prosperous and poverty-ridden cities of the world. The current popularity of mass transit projects is based on numerous economic and social benefits - the relief of traffic congestion, environmental disruption and air pollution, energy conservation, and opportunities for improved land use.

• Corporate Authors:

  Donnelley (Reuben H) Corporation

  466 Lexington Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10017
• Publication Date: 1985-1

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 26-28
• Serial:
  • World Construction
  • Volume: 38
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Donnelley (Reuben H) Corporation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; City planning; Construction; Construction projects; Cost accounting; Costs; Economic development; Environmental protection; Forecasting; Inflation; Land use; Municipal engineering; Needs assessment; Public transit; Rapid transit; Social factors; Traffic congestion; Transit operating agencies; Transportation planning; Urban growth; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost escalation
• Old TRIS Terms: Transportation improvement plans
• Subject Areas: Construction; Economics; Environment; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00453788
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 2004 10:00PM