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http://onlinepubs.trb.org...ubs/sr/sr195/sr195-005.pdf

The author reviews trends in the development of light rail transit in France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, Portugal, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, Poland, Yugoslavia, and the German Democratic Republic.

This paper appeared in Transportation Research Board Special Report No. 195, Light Rail Transit: Planning, Design, and Implementation. Papers presented at the Conference on Light Rail Transit, March 28-30, 1982 San Diego, California, sponsored by Urban Mass Transportation Administration. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

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pp 6-12

1982

Transportation Research Board Special Report

Conference on Light-Rail Transit

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Light rail transit

Austria; Belgium; Europe; Former Soviet Union; France; Germany; Italy; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom; Yugoslavia

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation

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