Conclusions and Recommendations: The solution to the transportation problem confronting the National Capital is to develop an alternative to travel by automobile that will offer convenient, fast, economical home-to-work transportation and will enable the highway system to function more effectively by encouraging some people who might otherwise drive to make use of public transportation. The National Capital Transportation Agency Concludes that: The most efficient and economical method of transporting large numbers of people during peak demand periods is by high-capacity, high-performance rail rapid transit. Such a system involves minimal right-of-way requirements, preserves taxable property, reduces the problem of displacing and relocating families and business establishments, and reduces the burden of traffic on streets and highways. By utilizing underground routes, the integrity of neighborhoods and central Washington will be protected and the beauty and dignity of the Nation's Capital preserved. The downtown subway and the network of rapid transit routes described in this Transit Development Program are not only required but are economically practicable. The Agency recommends: That the Congress authorize the Agency to undertake development of the rail rapid transit system described in this report and detailed in the Engineering Supplement. That Congress appropriate the funds necessary to implement the Transit Development Program.


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    Titel :

    Rail Rapid Transit for the Nation's Capital


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1965


    Format / Umfang :

    48 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch





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