Title: A CASE BOOK OF SHORT-RANGE ACTIONS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Abstract: Short-range public transportation improvements--actions which can be fully operational within one or two years--cover a wide range of service alternatives and administrative options. Over the past decade UMTA has funded research and demonstration projects to test a variety of such actions. This volume focuses on three different travel markets: Home-to-work journeys, special user group travel, and general-purpose travel. This report contains brief case studies summarizing the general features of each project; measuring its benefits, costs and cost-effectiveness using standard assumptions; and presenting the appraisals in standardized format. By physically restricting or pricing private automobile ownership, policymakers can provide a relative advantage to high-occupancy modes. Demographic trends suggest that future travel growth in most cities will be in medium-to low-density suburban areas, rather than in suburb-to-downtown corridors. Growing financial pressures will make it virtually impossible for policymakers to continue the transit service and pricing policies of the 1970s. Greater emphasis on short-range actions will require changes in the institutional framework for planning and decision-making.
Publication Year: 1983
Publication Date: 1983-02-01
Language: en
Type: article
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