Transportation officials today are under pressure to deliver attractive rail transit at affordable prices. Although rail rights-of-way are often the least costly on a unit basis, planners frequently prefer other alignments that can better serve major origins and destinations. Yet occasionally rights-of-way built for railroads connect major activity centers with one another. In these cases, using rail alignments offers the dual benefits of economy and effective service to markets. A survey examines four existing and two proposed operations that link the region’s largest downtown with at least two other major destinations within, or adjacent to, the central city along rail rights-of-way. These systems cover a full range of operating technologies and metropolitan sizes. The opportunities for using railroad rights-of-way to provide rail transit between major urban activity centers are not widespread and vary widely from city to city. Nevertheless, some possibilities do exist, and their potential has yet to be fully tapped.


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    Titel :

    Railroads in the City: Overlooked Rail Transit Opportunities


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board


    Beteiligte:
    Allen, John G. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.01.2001




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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