CURRENT LIGHT RAIL DEVELOPMENTS IN NORTH AMERICA

In the past decade light rail transit has grown rapidly as a mode of urban transport, both in terms of planning interest and in the number of jurisdictions making investments. LRT, with its range of design standards, is ideally positioned with respect to the public transportation needs of communities in the economy of the future. Its mix of service quality, cost, and environmental and design opportunity make it suitable for a wide variety of applications between the automobile on one hand and "heavy" rapid transit on the other. (Author)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper appeared in Transportation Research Board State-of-the-Art Report 2, Light Rail Transit: System Design for Cost-Effectiveness. Presented at the Conference on Light Rail Transit held May 8-10, 1985, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Sullivan, B E
• Conference:
  • Conference on Light Rail Transit
  • Location: Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, United States
  • Date: 1985-5-8 to 1985-5-10
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: p. 3-8
• Monograph Title: Light rail transit: system design for cost-effectiveness
• Serial:
  • State-of-the-Art Report
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0892-6891

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Cost effectiveness; Diesel multiple unit cars; Driver rehabilitation; Historic preservation; Light rail transit; Line extensions (Rail transit); Private enterprise; State of the art studies; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Rehabilitation
• Geographic Terms: North America
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Finance; Highways; History; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00457378
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309039177
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jul 31 1987 12:00AM