A VISION FOR LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT: LINKING UP WITH INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

This article offers a vision of light rail transit (LRT) that appears to avoid the fallacies that have been identified in past vision of the future. It is proposed that, in conjunction with Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), LRT also can become a tool for serving lower-density suburbs.

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• Authors:
  • Bruun, E
• Publication Date: 2004-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 9
• Serial:
  • TR News
  • Issue Number: 235
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0738-6826

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Intelligent transportation systems; Light rail transit; Suburbs
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00984677
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jan 31 2005 12:00AM