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Lec 31, Handout: Public passenger transport (objectives)

Lec 31, Handout: Public passenger transport (objectives). Be familiar with mass transit classifications and characteristics Know how urban transport demands are classified Know typical bus route network types. What we discuss in class today…. Mass transit classifications

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Lec 31, Handout: Public passenger transport (objectives)

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  1. Lec 31, Handout: Public passenger transport (objectives) • Be familiar with mass transit classifications and characteristics • Know how urban transport demands are classified • Know typical bus route network types

  2. What we discuss in class today… • Mass transit classifications • Transit system operations, service and characteristics • Urban transport demand classifications • Transit service network types • Video: The extensive bus transit system in Curitiba, Brazil (An example of using an exclusive bus route systemone reason for its success)

  3. Three ways to classify mass transit systems

  4. TRAX’s ROW Runs on an old rail road ROW

  5. Transit system operations, service, and characteristics

  6. Performance and LOS measures

  7. Travel demand classifications 5. Trips connecting major activity centers U D SLC CBD 3. Trips between and within local areas 4. Trips within CBD 1. Trips along the radial routes to CBD FUN DOME FASHION PLACE • This is a topic of CE565. 2. Trips along circumferential routes

  8. Public transport system classified by routing and scheduling types Scheduling (frequency of service) Routing (degree of coverage and access

  9. Transit modes related to residential density

  10. Network types No connection between the lines in the suburbs Grid networks Radial networks Circumferential connections Territorial networks

  11. Let’s check UTA’s system maps (cont) Provo-Orem area (grid & territorial) Major transfer points

  12. Let’s see how some large systems look like… DC Metro (Radial)

  13. Basically all lines go through mid/downtown Manhattan. Not much interaction between other boroughs. New York City Subway (radial)

  14. Yamonote Line (loop line) connects major business centers in Tokyo. Tokyo Rail Systems map

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