San Diego Trolley: Guideway Implementation Monitoring Study

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  San Diego Association of Governments
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Guideways Impact Studies Implementation Land Use Light Rail Transit Planning And Forecasting Public Transportation Railroads Socioeconomic Factors
• Publication/ Report Number:
  Working paper no. 2
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  San Diego (California) ; United States
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  01594677
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Dept. of Transportion ; San Diego Association of Governments
• Abstract:
  Because it is the first light rail system to be built in this country in over 26 years, the San Diego Trolley represents a unique opportunity to study the impact of light rail transit on the modern urban environment. Planned, designed and constructed by the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board (MTDB), the Trolley started operation in the summer of 1981. To evaluate the impact this system will have on travel characteristics, land use, and socioeconomic changes in the area, MTDB and the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) have developed a three-phase Guideway Implementation Monitoring Study, with funding support from the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA). Unlike other impact studies funded by the federal government (i.e., BART and MARTA) which have attempted to measure a broad range of transportation effects, this impact study will concentrate on more localized changes in travel characteristics, land use development, and socioeconomic characteristics. This study effort is divided into three distinct phases, the first of which is the subject of this report: Phase I: Study Area Inventory (1980-81). This first phase was designed to capture a picture of a moment in time of the study area prior to implementation of the San Diego Trolley. Land use, travel, and socioeconomic data were gathered, as well as information on the early effects of system construction.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  FTA 50th Anniversary Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b91834732c0979a8a7c5f61d4f571c00af701ddad61a9c0909da33e6504019ea
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/611/dot_611_DS1.pdf
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