John Hennessy III,
P.E.
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY: CENTER FOR URBAN TRANSPORTATION RESEARCHA new era of transit development began in 1981 when San Diego, a city whose transit system contained only buses, opened its first regional light rail transit (LRT) line. Since then, 11 other U.S., previously bus-only metropolitan areas opened their own LRT lines.
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FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY: CENTER FOR URBAN TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH
Introduction
This case study seeks to understand the relative efficacy of two classes of policies intended to increase the ridership and productivity of public transit service. One class of policies seeks to improve transit effectiveness by freezing transit service in the older parts of metropolitan areas. It is thought that higher densities of population and employment and the presence of pedestrian amenities in older areas induce higher levels of transit demand.
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