The Urban Transport Problem

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The Urban Transport Problem

• Fifth Freedom Problem- auto convenience and
  privacy
• Congestion- traffic overloads, poor
  infrastructure, vehicle diversity
• Public Transport Decline-ridership down
• Car Parking- should we build more parking space?
• Changing Landuse Patterns
• Transport Deprived Groups-poor, sick, elderly,
  disabled
• Environmental Problems pollution, noise,
  community disruption

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Urban Transport Problem Solutions

• Investment in Additional Road Capacity-bypasses
  to divert traffic
• Traffic Management Rationalization Measures- one
  way streets, phasing of traffic light controls,
  parking restrictions, HOV lanes
• Bus Priority and Allied Proposals
• Vehicle Restraint Schemes-Congestion Pricing
• Rail Rapid Transit
• Transport Coordination-Rationalization

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Ridership of heavy rail has been climbing faster
than any other mode of public transportation. Bus
ridership is almost 60 percent of total transit
ridership.
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Rail Definitions

• Commuter Rail Railroad local and regional
  passenger train operations between a central
  city, its suburbs, and/or another central city.
  It may either be locomotive-hauled or
  self-propelled, and is characterized by multitrip
  tickets, specific station-to-station fares,
  railroad employment practices, and usually only
  one or two stations in the central business
  district. Also known as suburban rail.Light
  Rail An electric railway with a light volume
  traffic capacity compared to heavy rail. Light
  rail may include multicar trains or single cars.
  Also known as Streetcar, Trolley car, and
  Tramway.Heavy Rail An electric railway with
  the capacity of heavy volume of traffic and
  characterized by exclusive rights-of-way,
  multicar trains, high speed and rapid
  acceleration, sophisticated signaling, and high
  platform loading.Trolleybus Rubber-tired
  passenger vehicles operating singly on city
  streets. Trolleybuses are propelled by
  electricity drawn from an overhead electric line
  via trolleys.

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The bar graph below compares the actual
passenger-mileage growth for the major modes.
While motor bus registered some increase,
clearly, the major rail transit modes tallied
traffic growth well in excess of motor bus. Rail
growth outpaced motor bus growth by over 21
times, and LRT growth alone outpaced bus by more
than three times.
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This final graph illustrates that, among the
major transit modes, rail transit is the big
winner, in generating the preponderance of
transit passenger-miles. It also provides
additional evidence of the enormous capability
offered by LRT to expand mass transit ridership
traffic in America's urban areas.
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Transit Commute Mode Sharehttp//www.apta.com/res
earch/info/online/rail_transit.cfm