RAPID STREETCAR: RESCALING DESIGN AND COST FOR MORE AFFORDABLE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT

In making use of new developments in streetcar technology, and offering a minimalist approach to LRT installation with an array of simple, workable, cost-reducing approaches and procedures, the Rapid Streetcar concept appears to represent an avenue for lowering the cost of LRT new starts in smaller cities and lighter-traffic corridors. Rapid Streetcar also seems to offer a substantial array of potential benefits which, combined with lower costs and an ability to attract significant ridership, suggests that appropriate projects may be cost-effective. The Rapid Streetcar variant of LRT may also prove to be substantially more competitive with modal alternatives such as Quality Bus ("Bus Rapid Transit" or "BRT").

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  American Public Transportation Association

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• Authors:
  • Henry, L
• Conference:
  • Rail Transit Conference
  • Location: Miami Florida
  • Date: 2001-6-10 to 2001-6-14
• Publication Date: 2004

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 10p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Bus rapid transit; Bus traffic; Corridors; Cost effectiveness; Light rail transit; Modal shift; Public transit; Quality control; Rapid transit; Streetcars; Traffic
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00977293
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 1931594112
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 3 2004 12:00AM