Another look at the question of density and rail transit.

Details

• Creators:
  Lewis, Carol Abel ; Hall, Kadijah
• Corporate Creators:
  Texas Southern University. Center for Transportation Training and Research
• Corporate Contributors:
  Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Street railroads
  • Rail transit
  • City planning
  • City planning
  • Urban transit
  • Urban transportation
  • Urban development Street-railroads--Texas--Houston--Planning
  • City planning--Texas--Houston
  • Urban density--Texas--Houston
• Publication/ Report Number:
  SWUTC/11/473700-00052-1
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Texas
• Corporate Publisher:
  Texas Southern University. Center for Transportation Training and Research
• Abstract:
  Long community discussions about rail often include whether a city’s spatial distribution of ; housing, employment and other trip generators is conducive to supporting rail transit. A city’s ; decision to construct rail transit is based on an array of variables, some of which may indirectly ; relate to density. Other variables considered important are number of new riders, operating costs ; and construction costs. Although density is not a direct variable in the list of criteria, numerous ; studies show a positive correlation with ridership, confirming density as an explanation for the ; number of riders a system will attract. For that reason, opponents of new rail systems often raise ; lack of density as reason not to pursue rail. This research compares density in a few select cities ; with the accepted transit efficiency performance measure of operating cost per passenger mile to ; determine whether this statistic is better in more dense cities.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  DTRS99-G-0006
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/23102/dot_23102_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 508.30 KB]
• Collection(s):
  University Transportation Centers ; US Transportation Collection
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