Cities must have freeway systems in order to facilitate movement of traffic; after city reaches certain size, however, it soon becomes apparent that freeways alone cannot solve transportation problem; only solution to this problem is to provide system of balanced transit; thus every large city that has expanded very rapidly -- Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta, and many others -- should be planning or building balanced transit system, with railroad rapid transit (including suburban railroad service) as core, augmented by freeways for buses and private automobiles; paper describes various modes of transit and states benefits of balanced transit.


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    Title :

    Today's need for balanced urban transit systems


    Additional title:

    IEEE -- Spectrum


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    IEEE Spectrum ; 4 , n 12


    Publication date :

    1967


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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