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In economic terms, the development of a light rail project is compared with a personal automated people mover project in the Mission Valley section of San Diego, California. The two developments are analyzed as investments in the public transportation infrastructure and the differences between the two as investments are evaluated.

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1496, Public Transportation 1995: Current Research in Planning, Management, Technology, and Ridesharing. 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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English

p. 97-102

1995

Transportation Research Record

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Figures (6) ; References (5) ; Tables (2)

Alternatives analysis; Economic analysis; Infrastructure; Investments; Light rail transit; People movers

San Diego (California)

Economics; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation

TRIS, TRB

Dec 15 1995 12:00AM

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