The North American light rail experience : insights for Hamilton.

Details

• Creators:
  Higgins, Christopher D. ; Ferguson, Mark R.
• Corporate Creators:
  McMaster Institute for Transportation and Logistics
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Light rail transit
  • Case studies
  • Evaluation
  • Transportation planning
  • Land use planning
  • Transit oriented development
  • Best practices
  • Urban transit
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  North America
• Corporate Publisher:
  McMaster Institute for Transportation and Logistics
• Abstract:
  This report provides a high level overview of the North American Light Rail Experience with the goal of ; providing insights for Hamilton, Ontario. Light rail transit (LRT) is a term that emerged at the ; Transportation Research Board’s first conference on this form of transit technology in 1975. The report ; considers the examples of 30 light rail systems constructed in North America, providing a synopsis of ; each and deriving lessons relevant for light rail transit planning in Hamilton. In Canada, these cities are ; represented by Calgary, Edmonton, and Toronto. One immediate difference between LRT ; developments in the U.S. and Canada is the historically more significant role of the federal government ; south of the border, though recent federal LRT investments in Waterloo and Toronto may indicate a ; change for Canada in this regard.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/28595/dot_28595_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 11.14 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8fb4d67f4472a320c92371efdd348af667b9d3ad71f6e1647aba2b7a05ede83e