Title: RAPID TRANSIT IN URBAN-SUBURBAN TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS OF MEDIUM-SIZED CITIES
Abstract: This article describes how, in many urban areas, a major problem facing transportation engineers and planners is how to accommodate the increasing traffic demands caused by rapid suburban population growth. Among the various alternatives available for congestion relief in urban-suburban traffic corridors is the expansion of highway capacity and the provision of public transit. However, because of the high costs and adverse environmental, sociological, and political implications of major highway facilities, transit alternatives are becoming more acceptable. To attract riders a transit system must provide a level of service that favorably compares with the automobile. This article evaluates the benefits and costs of using various types of rapid transit systems in order to relieve traffic congestion along urban-suburban corridors in medium-sized metropolitan areas. The data used are from a study of a rapidly developing radial transportation corridor in Columbia, South Carolina. Ten alternative rapid transit systems were conceptualized and evaluated in terms of the corridor's travel needs, the patronage anticipated for each system and the costs and revenues of each system.
Publication Year: 1976
Publication Date: 1976-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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