WHY THE UK RESURGENCE IN NEW PUBLIC TRANSPORT SCHEMES?

This paper examines why, in spite of UK Government legislation aimed at withdrawing from involvement in urban public transport, there has been a surge of public transport planning activity. New plans have led to justified requests for Government grants which have outstripped available funding. To explain the phenomena, this paper concentrates on urban areas and sets out the relevant legislative context, its intent and actual results. Government guidelines for grant assistance are explained together with the public and institutional factors which have provided the impetus for much public transport planning. Current urban public transport schemes, completed and proposed, are identified and difficulties in obtaining Government grants are explained. The paper outlines some modeling techniques used by public transport planners to assess potential schemes.

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Hague, P
• Conference:
  • Compendium of Technical Papers, ITE, 63rd Annual Meeting
  • Location: The Hague, Netherlands
  • Date: 1993-9-19 to 1993-9-22
• Publication Date: 1993-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 332-335

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Legislation; Mathematical models; Public transit; Transportation; Transportation planning; Urban transportation; Urban transportation policy
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Transportation models and systems
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00643447
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 23 1994 12:00AM