THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RAIL IN BUILDING COMPETITIVE AND EFFECTIVE URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

With increasing attention being paid to sustainability issues, most cities are making efforts to restrain the growth in automobile dependence. This paper explores a wide range of transportation, economic, and environmental features in cities that have significant urban rail systems compared to those cities which do not. An argument is made that a rail system is an essential factor in developing a strong backbone for a public transit system that results in a host of advantages to cities that can not be achieved with buses alone.

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  World Markets Research Centre

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• Authors:
  • Kenworthy, J
  • Laube, F
• Publication Date: 1999-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 5 p.
• Serial:
  • Business Briefing: Global mass Transit Systems
  • Publisher: World Markets Research Centre

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic benefits; Environmental impacts; Public transit; Rail transit; Urban transit
• Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00789330
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1903150191
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 21 2000 12:00AM