Download or read book The Cost of Commuter Transportation written by John M. Leavens and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Using Public Transportation to Reduce the Economic Social and Human Costs of Personal Immobility written by Ricardo Byrd and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 1999 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report provides a method to define and measure the costs of personal immobility at a local level and contains a compendium of public transportation practices that address immobility, help reduce costs, and possibly provide economic benefits to both the riders and the larger community. The focus is on practices that assist people who need transportation to health care or who are transitioning from welfare to work. This report should be of interest to planners, decision makers, and social service and transportation providers. It should also serve as a resource to assist decision makers and transportation service providers in using their services more effectively to address the issue of personal immobility.
Download or read book Public Transportation Fact Book written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Progress in Commuter Transportation written by Germany (West). Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Unaffordable Fare written by Carey Anne Nadeau and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For airport employers, making sure the many low-income people they employ as baggage handlers and retail salespeople, amongst others, can get to work ensures the continued efficient operations of the airport and the prosperity of the regional economy. However high and increasing costs coupled with low-wages make commutes unaffordable and constrain employees' ability to get to their job. Using case studies of Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW), Denver International Airport (DEN), and San Diego International Airport (SAN), this research measures the extent to which low-income employees commuting to work at the airport by public transportation can afford their commute in 2011. The results of this analysis suggest that the cost of commuting on public transportation is beyond the means of a low-income budget. Furthermore, fewer low-income commuters take public transportation as the affordability of public transportation declines, suggesting that affordability contributes to outcomes of spatial mismatch. These results promote interventions to increase affordability and expand accessibility to public transportation for low-income commuters to the airport.
Download or read book Comparing Costs to Operate Public Transportation Services written by Harold M. Brazil and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transportation for Livable Cities written by Vukan Vuchic and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twenty-first century finds civilization heavily based in cities that have grown into large metropolitan areas. Many of these focal points of human activity face problems of economic inefficiency, environmental deterioration, and an unsatisfactory quality of life—problems that go far in determining whether a city is "livable." A large share of these problems stems from the inefficiencies and other impacts of urban transportation systems. The era of projects aimed at maximizing vehicular travel is being replaced by the broader goal of achieving livable cities: economically efficient, socially sound, and environmentally friendly. This book explores the complex relationship between transportation and the character of cities and metropolitan regions. Vukan Vuchic applies his experience in urban transportation systems and policies to present a systematic review of transportation modes and their characteristics. Transportation for Livable Cities dispels the myths and emotional advocacies for or against freeways, rail transit, bicycles,and other modes of transportation. The author discusses the consequences of excessive automobile dependence and shows that the most livable cities worldwide have intermodal systems that balance highway and public transit modes while providing for pedestrians, bicyclists, and paratransit. Vuchic defines the policies necessary for achieving livable cities: the effective implementation of integrated intermodal transportation systems.
Download or read book Economic Characteristics of the Urban Public Transportation Industry written by John Dearborn Wells and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addition to presenting an overview of the economic conditions in the urban public transit industry as a whole, this project incorporated four papers that investigated separately the economic characteristics of the urban bus, rail rapid, commuter rail, and taxicab industries. Also included were three papers in which an econometric model of urban bus transit was developed, regulatory constraints and their implications were reviewed, and external effects of urban transit operations such as air and noise pollution and accident were analyzed. The analyses tended to be rather general, concluding that demand deficiency, especially for bus transit, was the main cause of the economic difficulties of urban transit systems.
Download or read book Economic characteristics of the urban public transportation industry written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fully Allocated Cost Analysis Guidelines for Public Transit Providers written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Public Transportation in the United States written by United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Secretary and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines the performance and condition of mass transportation in the United States in relationship to the changing market for urban and suburban transportation. The report discusses the urban transportation issues identified in the National Transportation Policy issued by the President on March 8, 1990.
Download or read book Private Sector Options for Commuter Transportation written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considering privately provided unsubsidized commuter bus service (regular route, subscription bus and bus pools), public agency contracts with private operations, transit- and employer-sponsored ridesharing.
Download or read book Commuter Transportation written by Regional Plan Association (New York, N.Y.) and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Commuter Transportation and the Urban Housing Market written by John Phillip Lipsky and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Evaluation of Rail Rapid Transit Express Bus Service in the Urban Commuter Market written by J. Hayden Boyd and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Alternate Route written by Clifford Winston and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban transportation problems abound across America, including jammed highways during rush-hours, deteriorating bus service, and strong pressures to build new rail systems. Most solutions attempt either to increase transportation capacity (by building more roads and expanding mass transit) or to manage existing capacity (through HOV restrictions, exclusive bus lanes, and employer-based policies such as flexible work hours). This book develops an alternative solution to urban transportation problems based on economic analysis, but well aware of the political constraints on policymakers. The authors estimate that efficient pricing and service policies could save more than $10 billion in annual net benefits over current practices, but argue that powerful, entrenched political and institutional forces will continue to thwart efficient economic solutions to improve urban transportation. They believe, however, that some form of privatization would likely improve social welfare more than an efficient public sector system. Facing fewer operating restrictions, greater economic incentives, and stronger competitive pressures, private suppliers could substantially improve the efficiency of urban operations and offer services that are more responsive to the needs of all types of travelers. The authors conclude that policymakers have bestowed huge benefits on the public by allowing the private sector to play a leading and unencumbered role in the provision of intercity transportation. Public officials should take the next step and allow the private sector to play a leading role in the provision of urban transportation.
Download or read book Comparative Costs for a Modern Commuter Railroad System written by Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Compact and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
