The Urban Transportation ProblemIt is the purpose of this study, by integrating many different but relevant pieces of information, to help focus and expedite more congent discussions of urban transportation alternatives. In broadest context, an integrated set of data is presented on the forces that affect the demand for and supply of urban transportation services in order to provide a more rational context for decision-making on these problems. |
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A Problem in Search of a Solution | 1 |
A Qualitative Evalua | 9 |
Recent Trends in Urban Location | 25 |
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2-track AC/trip along-the-line service annual costs assumed auto automobile average basic blocks bus operations Bus rapid transit bus service bus transit buses capacity capital recovery factors CBD terminal cent central cities Chicago construction costs corridor Detroit distance downtown area downtown distribution economic employment equations estimated example expressways Figure function housing income increase integrated bus kiss-and-ride lane line-haul facility line-haul station line-haul system load point thousands locations loop maximum load point Metropolitan mile modes nonwhites One-way hourly passenger over-all park-and-ride parking passenger trip passenger volume peak peak-hour Percentage population density price discrimination private automobile public transit rail transit residential collection residential density right-of-way round trip rush hours schedule frequency Sector separate feeder bus speed square mile stops structure subsidies subway Table tion total number traffic train transit systems trip length trip origination Urban Rail Transit urban transportation users vehicle volume levels whites work-trip Wrow