2025•Edward Elgar Publishing eBooksRequires access

Planning public transport

Peter White

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The book is intended to provide a basic textbook on the subject of public transport planning with the British system taken as the context. The subject is discussed in the following chapters:- (1) Organization and Control, (2) The Role of Public Transport, (3) Bus and Coach Systems, (4) Rail and Rapid Transit System Design, (5) Urban Network Planning, (6) Pricing and Costing, (7) Rural Transport Planning, (8) Intercity Public Transport, (9) Policy in the Short Run, and (10) Policy in the Long Run. /TRRL/

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Key concepts: Public transport, Transportation planning, Context (archaeology), Transport engineering, Activity-based costing, Private transport, Control (management), Subject (documents)