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Title	URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT TODAY
Accession No	00646225
Authors	SIMPSON, B
Corp. Authors / Publisher	Chapman & Hall
Publication Date	19940100
Description	232 p.; Figures(10); Photos(46)
Languages	English
Abstract	This book gives an honest appraisal of the pros and cons of new public transport technologies. It shows how public transport can be made a more acceptable alternative to the private car than it is now. Contents include: Issues facing local public transport. The variety of public transport; Urban rail; Local bus services; Bus and railway stations; Land use and public transport planning; Choice of local public transport technology; Choice of route for local public transport; Public transport and road traffic restraint; Integration of public transport services; Finance for local public transport; and Politics of local public transport.
TRT Terms	Public transit ; Technology ; Transportation ; Urban transportation
Other Terms	Local transit; Public transportation; Transportation technology; Urban transportation systems
Subject Areas	U31 CONVENTIONAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES; U41 SOCIOECONOMICS OF PASSENGER SERVICES
Availability	Chapman & Hall
TRIS Files	UMTRIS
Database	TRIS Online

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