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Title: URBAN OASIS: GUIDEWAYS AND GREENWAYS IN THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT
Accession Number: 00725683
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: Fixed guideway systems must, of necessity, be associated with densities of development that are sufficiently high to justify their installation. Where private automobiles are dominant, however, high densities are typically identified with environmental blight and traffic congestion, which are, in turn, instrumental in the exodus of the population to outlying areas and away from public transport. Residential development is key to the greater use of public transit, since it is at the home that the majority of all kinds of trips begin or end, and for residential development, environmental considerations are paramount. A synthesis of four elements is advocated: new, basically residential pedestrian zones of high to medium densities, with abundant landscaping throughout each zone and with linkage to peripheral parking and regional transit via short-range automated people movers.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1521, Public Transportation 1996: Planning, Management, Marketing, New Technology, and Safety and Security.
Monograph Title: Public transportation 1996: planning, management, marketing, new technology, and safety and security Monograph Accession #: 01398733
Language: English
Authors: Warren, RoxannePagination: p. 111-117
Publication Date: 1996
Serial: ISBN: 309062136
Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation
Files: TRIS, TRB
Created Date: Sep 26 1996 12:00AM
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