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Title:

LIGHT RAIL AND DEVELOPMENT: CONSTRAINTS AND CONDITIONS

Accession Number:

00371615

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/0360859X

Abstract:

This paper discusses work carried out for the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) on the economic impacts of the Buffalo Light Rail Rapid Transit System (LRRT). The system is the culmination of two decades of corridor planning that saw appreciable changes in planning criteria and justification of system benefits. Two major policy issues are addressed. The first issue is the extent and scope of economic development that will depend on or derive from the LRRT system. The second is the role transit system policy will play in regional development policy. In Buffalo, population decline, intraregional population and employment shifts, and the effectiveness of the existing transit system were major considerations as these issues were discussed. Recent retail activities are examined to show how critical the focus of activities around the transit system will be. Current development (paid for by both private and public sectors) are then analyzed to demonstrate how development policies can reinforce or conflict with transit. It has become evident that a strong, well-coordinated regional development policy is necessary if the Buffalo LRRT is to be effective.

Supplemental Notes:

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.

Monograph Accession #:

00371601

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Paaswell, R E
Berechman, J

Pagination:

pp 67-72

Publication Date:

1982

Serial:

Transportation Research Board Special Report

Issue Number: 195
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0360-859X

Conference:

Conference on Light-Rail Transit

Location: San Francisco California, United States
Date: 1982-3-28 to 1982-3-30
Sponsors: Urban Mass Transportation Administration

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures (1) ; References (1)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Revitalization

Geographic Terms:

Buffalo (New York)

Subject Areas:

Economics; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Society; Terminals and Facilities

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Apr 29 1983 12:00AM

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