SHANGHAI IN FULL SWING

The streets of Shanghai crowded with bicyclists, buses, and pedestrians needed an alternate form of transportation to reduce the congestion, so rapid transit with its high capacity was chosen for the busiest corridors. Problems with soft ground and narrow streets had to be resolved during tunnel construction. Design of rolling stock and tunneling methods are discussed.

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  Reed Business Information, Limited

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• Authors:
  • SHI, C J
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 57-58
• Serial:
  • Developing Metros 1989
  • Publisher: Reed Business Information, Limited

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Articulated buses; Bicycles; Bus transit; Rapid transit; Soft soils; Traffic congestion; Trolleybuses
• Geographic Terms: Shanghai (China)
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus services
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00485803
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0 617 00519 2
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 31 1990 12:00AM