But the problem is that a collection of “BRT” promoters — from the motor bus industry to highway enthusiasts to some self-proclaimed transit supporters, have been claiming that, somehow, “BRT” has all the advantages of urban rail at much lower cost. And that’s just plain wrong. It...
The Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) and Project Connect (PC) planning team have so far been able to overcome serious legislative and litigational threats from public transport opponents. Equally important, they’ve managed to navigate through serious budget problems arising from design complications, ...
and named bad examples from the US to stress that it doesn't have to be that bad. Of course, all is not well elsewhere too, there are plenty of projects over budget due to corruption and/or incompetence, and existing systems not in ...
Designing urban rail transit systems is a complex problem, which involves the determination of station locations, track geometry, and various other system
Similar to other trains, passengers of ICE are not charged based on the miles travelled but on the fixed point-to-point prices between stations.This is because ICE trains are more comfortable than general trains. They offer speedy rides at 320 km/h, enabling them to be an alternative of ...
The point is that the users never paid a dime of the capital cost (anymore than non-users) and pay less than half of the operational costs (via fuel taxes, license fees etc) and the rest is from general taxation, mostly state + local gov. There is only one term for this: subsidy....
The problem with going from Monterrey to Mexico City is less favorable terrain, longer distances, and lower population, and this is a problem in Mexico in general with its populated center being full of mountains, which is why the legacy lines mostly ended up being rather curvy and slow and...
As used in this subpart-- Class I has the meaning assigned by regulations of the Surface Transportation Board (49 CFR part 1201; General Instructions 1-1), as those regulations may be revised and applied by order of the Board (including modifications in class threshold based on revenue ...
The Pacific Northwest seems like the perfect region for high-speed rail: its cities form a neat line from Vancouver to Portland and points south, grow at high rates with transit-oriented development, and have sizable employment cores around the train station. And yet, when I generated my high...
The ECML electrification was on budget and ahead of schedule — while Network Rail bungled the Great Western project. From what I read in ‘Modern Railways’ it has been pointed out that if Britain could electrify at European (usually France is cited) costs that far more of the network ...