mass transit planning - Books, journals, articles @ The Questia Online Library

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Cash, Tokens, and Transfers: A History of Urban Mass Transit in North America

Book by Brian J. Cudahy; Fordham University Press, 1990

Subjects:

Local Transit--North America--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...TRANSFERS A HISTORY OF URBAN MASS TRANSIT IN NORTH AMERICA BRIAN...tokens, and transfers: a history of mass transit in North America. 1. Local transit...of and for todays North American mass transit operators and suppliers. The...
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Planning in the Face of Crisis: Land Use, Housing and Mass Immigrationm in Israel

Book by Rachelle Alterman; Routledge, 2002

Subjects:

Housing Policy--Israel, Israel--Emigration And Immigration--Social Aspects, Land Use--Israel--Planning, Urban Policy--Israel

Collections: Entire Library

This text recounts the saga of how policymakers and planners at both the national and local levels responded to the formidable demand for housing and massive urban growth during the mass immigration from the former Soviet Union to Israel in the 1990s.
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Estimating Capital and Operating Costs in Urban Transportation Planning

Book by Aurelio Menendez; Praeger Publishers, 1993

Subjects:

Local Transit--Estimates--United States, Local Transit--United States--Planning

Collections: Entire Library

Addressing the chronic underestimation of capital and operating costs in urban transportation projects, this book provides a detailed analysis of the cost estimating process using case studies from three U.S. cities and outlines a practical framework for this process. The work goes beyond a simple ...
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Addressing the chronic underestimation of capital and operating costs in urban transportation projects, this book provides a detailed analysis of the cost estimating process using case studies from three U.S. cities and outlines a practical framework for this process. The work goes beyond a simple quantitative approach to explaining cost underestimation and looks at the planning process as a tool for both argumentation and structuring the argumentation. This approach highlights the difficulties in several components of the estimating process and suggests specific and practical actions to address these problems.
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Public Policy and Transit System Management

Book by George M. Guess; Greenwood Press, 1990

Subjects:

Federal Aid To Transportation--United States, Local Transit--Government Policy--United States, Local Transit--United States--Management, Transportation And State--United States, Urban Transportation Policy--United States

Collections: Entire Library

This book, the first major survey on the subject in more than a decade, catalogues management attempts to overcome constraints imposed by external institutional and sociopolitical factors, and internal labor and resource problems. It combines practical and academic insights into the critical issues ...
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This book, the first major survey on the subject in more than a decade, catalogues management attempts to overcome constraints imposed by external institutional and sociopolitical factors, and internal labor and resource problems. It combines practical and academic insights into the critical issues of transit management, offering both up-to-date primary and secondary data, and a historical overview of the evolution of transit policies.
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How We Got to Coney Island: The Development of Mass Transportation in Brooklyn and Kings County

Book by Brian J. Cudahy; Fordham University Press, 2002

Subjects:

Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)--History, Local Transit--New York Metropolitan Area--History, Transportation--New York Metropolitan Area--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Island : the development of mass transportation in Brooklyn...8 (pbk.) 1. Local transit-New York Metropolitan...economists, bus drivers, mass transit executives, and amusement...the companys principal mass transit vehicle (as noted, it...

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Marta in the 1990s: the Challenge Continues

Journal article by Robert T. Golembiewski; Public Administration Quarterly, Vol. 18, 1994

Subjects:

Case studies, Government agencies, Mass transit, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, Organization development, United States

Collections: Entire Library

...fast-growing suburbs. The market for mass transit burgeons with the metro area having...cases are conveniently available in MASS TRANSIT MANAGEMENT, U.S. Department of...MARTA." Pp. VI-18 through VI-18. MASS TRANSIt MANAGEMENT. Washington, D.C.: Department...
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Peak Oil as a Behavioral Problem

Journal article by Lyle K. Grant; Behavior and Social Issues, Vol. 16, 2007

Subjects:

Behavior, Executives, Mass transit, Oil reserves, Petroleum industry, Petroleum production, Political risk, Problems, Risk management

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...incentives for mass transit and electricpowered...conservation, planning for scarcity...increased use of mass transit would share the...This alternative planning will necessarily...encouraging the use of mass transit, supporting the...
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Transit Contracting Reexamined: Determinants of Cost Efficiency and Resource Allocation

Journal article by Roland Zullo; Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Vol. 18, 2008

Subjects:

Bus lines--Contracts, Bus lines--Economic aspects, Local transit, Resource allocation

Collections: Entire Library

...Transportation, Urban Mass Transit Administration...Transportation, Urban Mass Transit Administration...Transportation Planning and Technology 15...Morlok. 1986. Public transit service contracting...Transportation, Urban Mass Transportation Administration...
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Transit Access for Americans: A Proposal for the Next Stage of Implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (1)

Journal article by Michael A. Winter, Fred Laurence Williams; Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 29, 2001

Subjects:

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Disability rights--Evaluation, Disabled persons--Services, Disabled services--Evaluation, Local transit--Services, Transportation policy--Evaluation

Collections: Entire Library

...and open planning, is bringing...neighborhoods. The Transit Industrys...the Urban Mass Transit Administration...Policy and planning as public choice: Mass transit in the United...Policy and Planning as Public Choice: Mass Transit in the United...
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Brigid Brophy's It's-All-Right-I'm-Only-Dying Comedy of Modern Manners: Notes on 'In Transit.'

Journal article by Brooke Horvath; The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Vol. 15, 1995

Subjects:

Authors, English--20th century, Black humor (Literature)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Brophy, Brigid--Works, In Transit (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Women authors--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...antinovels antinovel" 414). All of which makes a sad sort of sense, for after the airportlike mass coziness and common sense of the traditional novel, In Transit is mostly another of those fading foreign languages giving Pat fits, and a novel no longer...

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Jo'burg Monorail Project Hanging in the Balance: There Were Cheers When Plans for a Mass-Transit Monorail to Link Soweto with Johannesburg's CBD Were Announced, but It Then Emerged That the Country's Transport Minister Had Been Kept Completely in the Dark about the Project. Will the Project Now Happen and If It Does, Will It Work? Tom Nevin Reports

Magazine article by Tom Nevin; African Business, July 2007

Subjects:

Johannesburg, South Africa, Railroad construction--Finance, Railroad construction--Planning, Railroad construction--Political aspects, Railroads--Design and construction, Railroads--Finance, Railroads--Planning, Railroads--Political aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...Marsay maintained monorails were not appropriate for mass transit and were better suited for countries with low population...advanced exploratory stage. Engineers at Cape Towns city planning have examined a feasibility study prepared by Japanese...
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Mass Transit for the 21st Century

Magazine article by Eli Lehrer; Insight on the News, Vol. 15, April 5, 1999

Subjects:

Bus lines--Evaluation, Light rail transit--Evaluation, Local transit--Evaluation

Collections: Entire Library

...municipality that has decided on a low-cost solution to mass transit. As the areas population swelled, the city began to...selective reporting of data. From the standpoint of planning, light rail also has some advantages to those who want...
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Keeping Mass Transit Ahead of the Curve: A Multipronged Approach That Includes Training Programs, Cutting-Edge Technology, and K-9 Units Is the Best Way to Secure Mass Transit

Magazine article by Marta Roberts; Security Management, Vol. 49, November 2005

Subjects:

Electronic security systems--Government finance, Emergency response teams--Training, Los Angeles County, California. Metropolitan Transportation Authority--Management, Public transportation--Safety and security measures, Security measures--Government finance, Security systems--Government finance

Collections: Entire Library

...resources that must be deployed by mass transit systems in their efforts to detect...that can be used to strengthen mass transit security include bomb- and weapon-sniffing...behavior and possible pre-event planning. One of the most advanced CCTV...
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Bullet Trains for America? the Obama Administration Has Revived the Dream of Building High-Speed Rail Lines to Rival Those of Japan and Europe, but the Tracks Are Littered with Political and Financial Obstacles

Magazine article by Mark Reutter; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 33, Autumn 2009

Subjects:

Federal aid to transportation--Evaluation, Government aid to transportation--Evaluation, High speed trains--Design and construction, High speed trains--Planning, High speed trains--Usage, Obama, Barack--Transportation policy, Rail mass transit--Finance, Rail mass transit--Planning, Railroad construction--Finance, Railroad construction--Planning, Railroad construction--Political aspects, Railroads--Design and construction, Railroads--Finance, Railroads--Planning, Railroads--Political aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...cost $1.2 billion, according to TranSystems, a transportation planning firm. So how much is speed worth? Without a doubt, fast trains...passengers. A general rule of thumb is that every minute saved in transit is likely to generate one percent more customers. But does...
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The Buses Don't Stop Here Anymore: Sick Transit and How to Fix It

Magazine article by J.W. Mason; The American Prospect, March 1998

Subjects:

Chicago, Illinois. Transit Authority--Planning, Local transit--Planning

Collections: Entire Library

...countrys second-largest mass transit system. Since 1985, the...budgetary wall, the CTA is planning a series of service cutbacks...demonstrates public support for mass transit. The case of Boston...boundaries, and other planning innovations, Boston has...

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The Road Well Traveled We're Not Moving to Mass Transit despite Nation's 2nd-Worst Commute

Newspaper article by Joseph Ryan; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 31, 2006

Subjects:

Local transit

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...2005, between 2 percent and 6 percent of commuters used mass transit to get to work from DuPage, Kane, McHenry and Lake counties...available. Today the newly organized Chicago Metropolitan Planning Agency is releasing a report seeking $18 million a year...
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Less Mass Transit Will Mean More Time on Road

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 12, 2007

Subjects:

Local transit

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Less Mass Transit Will Mean More...released today, and planning experts say...Metropolitan Planning Council, which...sprawl and for transit expansion...2020, a civic planning group. "I think...car. On the transit and carpooling...
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Mass Transit Key to Unclogging Roads

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), August 6, 2008

Subjects:

Local transit, Traffic congestion

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...year due to traffic," planning council President MarySue...priority is to focus on mass transit. We simply cant continue...express bus options. The planning council report provides...region, we must get behind mass transit as never before.
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Republican's Say Mass Transit, Route 59 among Top Concerns

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 28, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...whether it be on our roads or on mass transit. They need to know their state...professional background is in financial planning, employee benefits and pension...the transit issue, both roads and mass transit. We need to keep taxes down and...
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Doomsday for Mass Transit?

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 16, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...cuts being considered by the Chicago areas mass transportation agencies? The three transit providers are short about $250 million this...Bare-bones maintenance leads to more delays - Planning for STAR Line and other rail upgrades halts...

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Mass Transit

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...transported, but also because they are large enough to carry more efficient engines. Further, if emphasis is given to mass transit in the planning of future ground transportation systems, smaller rights of way will be possible, lessening the amount of landscape...
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Egypt

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Aswan . Land The great mass of Egypt is located in Africa...plays a decisive role in its planning; however, in recent years Egypt...industries, and navigation transit fees from the Suez Canal are...and robbed it of its thriving transit-trade on the Alexandria-Cairo...
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Russia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Iraq in order to eliminate weapons of mass destruction, and as the United States...a move that also affected supplies in transit to other European nations, provoking European...duty on oil exported to it by imposing a transit tax on Russian oil exported through pipelines...

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