Transit Performance of Modern-Era Streetcars
| Autor: | Hilary Nixon, Luis Enrique Ramos-Santiago, Jeffrey Brown |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Mechanical Engineering 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies 0507 social and economic geography 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology Investment (macroeconomics) biology.organism_classification Transport engineering Geography Economy Light rail transit Performance measurement Urban transit Memphis 050703 geography Transit (satellite) Tourism Civil and Structural Engineering |
| Zdroj: | Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 2534:57-67 |
| ISSN: | 2169-4052 0361-1981 |
| DOI: | 10.3141/2534-08 |
| Popis: | This study examined the transit performance of streetcars in five U.S. cities: Little Rock, Arkansas; Memphis, Tennessee; Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; and Tampa, Florida. The study documented strong and weak performing streetcars and identified the factors that might explain variation in streetcar performance. Portland emerged with the highest ridership and was the most productive and second-most cost-effective streetcar city. Portland's stronger transit performance was attributed to its local setting and to its planning and operating decisions, which emphasized the streetcar's role as a transportation investment and development tool. This approach contrasted with the other cities, where development and tourism objectives were the dominant factors in streetcar decision making. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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