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TRANSIT SYSTEM PLANNING: TECHNOLOGY YES, BUT MARKETS ALSO

L Goodman

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This paper reviews transit developments in the last twenty years, draws on that experience base and suggests ways to improve transit planning. Examples are discussed, including bus rapid transit; High Occupancy Vehicles (HOV); light-rail transit; dual-powered and/or guided bus; and rail rapid transit. The future will see fewer regular highway projects and more multi-modal corridor programs, incorporating HOV and transit elements. In urban areas, existing rights-of-way may be the key to realizing integrated improvements. Transit planners will need to look less from a technology mode viewpoint and more from a transportation market basis.

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This paper reviews transit developments in the last twenty years, draws on that experience base and suggests ways to improve transit planning. Examples are discussed, including bus rapid transit; High Occupancy Vehicles (HOV); light-rail transit; dual-powered and/or guided bus; and rail rapid transit. The future will see fewer regular highway projects and more multi-modal corridor programs, incorporating HOV and transit elements. In urban areas, existing rights-of-way may be the key to realizing integrated improvements. Transit planners will need to look less from a technology mode viewpoint and more from a transportation market basis.

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This paper reviews transit developments in the last twenty years, draws on that experience base and suggests ways to improve transit planning. Examples are discussed, including bus rapid transit; High Occupancy Vehicles (HOV); light-rail transit; dual-powered and/or guided bus; and rail rapid transit. The future will see fewer regular highway projects and more multi-modal corridor programs, incorporating HOV and transit elements. In urban areas, existing rights-of-way may be the key to realizing integrated improvements. Transit planners will need to look less from a technology mode viewpoint and more from a transportation market basis.

Key concepts: Transit (satellite), Transport engineering, Key (lock), Modal, Occupancy, Transportation planning, Public transport, Business

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