Abstract: This outline presents the major points concerning public transit and its role in contemporary cities. The history section traces a progression from pre-industrial communities where most trips were made on foot to present urban regions marked by dominance of the private automobile with consequent decline in public transit and increased congestion. Need of mobility in large metropolitan areas cannot be resolved by automobiles because of the space and environmental problems. There is also a need for energy conservation. Today's cities need good public transit which is ensured by integrating transport and town planning, by assuring that transit can share roadways with private transport until a point is reached where new infrastructure must be developed for transit; by organizing finance to produce sufficient resources for operation and investment; and by achieving proper organization for transit and coordinating it with all other phases of urban planning.
Publication Year: 1983
Publication Date: 1983-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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