
Urban transit : operations, planning, and economics
Title:
Urban transit : operations, planning, and economics
Author:
Vuchic, Vukan R.
ISBN:
9780471632658
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Publication Information:
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2005.
Physical Description:
xvi, 644 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Contents:
Transit operations and service scheduling -- Capacity, speed, accelerated, and special operations -- Modeling and optimization in transit systems analysis -- Transit lines and networks -- Planning of rail transit station locations -- Transit agency operations, economics, and marketing -- Transit fares -- Financing of transit -- Transit ownership, regulation, and organization -- Transit systems planning -- Analysis, evaluation, and selection of transit modes -- Planning and selection of medium- and high-performance transit modes.