Urban public transportation systems : ensuring sustainability through mass transit : proceedings of the second international conference, April 14-18, 2002, Alexandria, Virginia, United States / sponsored by Committee on Public Transport of the Transportation & Development Institute (T & DI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers in cooperation with Advanced Transit Association ... [and others] ; edited by Walter Kulyk.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Kulyk, Walter.

Transportation & Development Institute (American Society of Civil Engineers). Committee on Public Transport.

Conference Name:

International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems (2nd : 2002 : Alexandria, Va.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban transportation--Congresses.

Urban transportation.

Local transit--Congresses.

Local transit.

Sustainable development--Congresses.

Sustainable development.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 513 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Reston, Va. : American Society of Civil Engineers, 2004.

Contents:

Accra, Ghana

Urban Public Transportation Systems in Ghana / Pierre Osei-Owusu 1

Bogota, Colombia

Bogota and its Transportation System / Dario Hidalgo 19

Structural Change in Bogota's Transportation Systems: Public and Non-Motorized Transportation Priority and Private Car Restrictions / Dario Hidalgo 26

TransMilenio: A High Capacity-Low Cost Bus Rapid Transit System Developed for Bogota, Colombia / Edgar E. Sandoval, Dario Hidalgo 37

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago's Regional Transportation Authority: Sustaining Transit in the 21st Century / Mark E. Pitstick, John DeLaurentiis 50

Regional Transportation Authority and Metra Parking Management Guidance System Demonstration Project / Barry S. Resnick 62

Design of the Gary-Chicago-Milwaukee Gateway: A Multi-Modal Traveler Information System / David Zavattero, Wei Wu 75

Johannesburg, South Africa

Socio-Economic Characteristics, Land Use, and Travel Patterns in the Province of Gauteng, South Africa / E. Van der Merwe, J. C. Vorster, J. H. Venter 89

Urban Public Transportation System and Its Operations and Use by People in the Gauteng Metropolitan Area / L. P. Swanepoel, J. H. Venter 100

Sustainable Development in the Gauteng Metropolitan Area Focusing on the Tshwa Ring Rail Development Project / Riaan Perold, Dennis Setshedi, Johan Venter 112

London, United Kingdom

London Buses-A Success Story for Public Transport / Peter Hendy 126

Los Angeles, California, United States

Socioeconomic Characteristics, Travel Patterns, and Long Range Plan for Los Angeles, California, USA / James de la Loza, Chaushie Chu, Sharad Mulchand 137

City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation's Role in Transit Planning and Operation / James M. Okazaki 150

The Los Angeles Metro Rapid System: Designing Rapid Bus Service from the Sidewalk Up / Doug Suisman 153

Los Angeles Metro Rapid Program / Rex Gephart, Russ Chisholm 159

Madrid, Spain

Madrid Public Transport Authority Bets on Sustainable Development / C. Cristobal-Pinto, J.-D. Gonzalez 178

Park and Ride Operation in Madrid Region / J.-D. Gonzalez, C. Cristobal-Pinto 188

Mumbai (Bombay), India

Sustainable Transportation Strategy for Mumbai (Bombay) Region Using an Integrated Mass Transit Systems Approach / S. L. Dhingra, B. Rajaram 201

New York, New York, United States

Approaches to Infrastructure Redevelopment, WTC, Lower NYC, and the Region / Robert E. Paaswell 215

Intelligent Transportation Systems in the New York Metropolitan Area / James J. Kelly 227

Osaka, Japan

Urban Public Transit Planning Strategy in the Era of Decreasing Transport Demand / Keiichi Kishino 236

New Subway Construction and Sustainable Utilization of the Existing Facility / Mitsuhiro Sawada 244

Barrier-Free Plan for Sustainable Use of Osaka's Municipal Subway System / Jiro Hayashi 254

Paris, France

The RATP-European Public Transport for the 21st Century / Guy Bourgeois 262

The Organization of Public Transport in Paris Metropolitan Area and the Ile de France Region / Jean-Francois Allouche 267

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Sao Paulo Metro: A Successful Public Transportation System / Arnaldo Luis Santos Pereira 285

From Rags to Riches: Rail Renewal Success Story / Claudio de Senna Frederico 298

The Integrated Urban Transportation Plan: PITU 2020 / Jurandir Fernando Ribeiro Fernandes 310

Seoul, Korea

Urban Public Transportation in Seoul: Status and Prospects / Sunduck D. Suh, Hyonsik Kim 323

Integration of Urban and Regional Public Transportation Around KTX Seoul Station / Dae-Seop Moon, Jin-Sun Lee, Hyun-Woong Kim, Kyoung-Tae Kim 340

Tokyo, Japan

Demonstrative Experiment on a Road Pricing System Making the Practical Use of Infrared Beacons / Shuetsu Shibuya 348

Toronto, Canada

Socioeconomic, Land Use, and Travel Characteristics of the Toronto Area / Amer Shalaby 356

Transit in the Greater Toronto Area: Overview and Challenges / Brendon Hemily 369

'Smart' Transportation for Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Toronto / Richard Soberman 385

Plenary Session on Washington, D.C., United States

Transportation and Land Use Planning in the Metropolitan Washington Region / Ronald F. Kirby, Wendy K. Klancher 402

Sustaining Washington Metro: Meeting the Twin Challengers of Aging and Growing Pains / James T. Gallagher 414

Sustaining 21st Century Growth at Washington Metro / P. Takis Salpeas 427

Opening Plenary Session

Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass Transit / H. Gerard Schwartz, Jr. 438

Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass Transit: Critical Issues / Hans Rat 442

Luncheon Address

Keynote Address at Conference Luncheon: Monday, April 15, 2002 / Jennifer L. Dorn 448

Awards Dinner

Need for Effective Professional Capacity Building: Charting a Career in Public Transportation / John Collura, A. Essam Radwan 455

Turner Award Lecture

Sustainability, Public Transportation, and Technological Innovations / Kumares C. Sinha 459

Final Plenary Session

Ensuring Sustainability Through Mass Transit / Vukan R. Vuchic 483

FTA Workshop-International Mass Transit Program

International Mass Transportation Program / Rita Daguillard 490

Professional Capacity Building: Student Competition Winners

Mass Transit: A More Sustainable Transportation Alternative / Jenessi St. Vincent 501

Attracting Transit Ridership in the 21st Century / Travis Jensen 507.

Notes:

"The second International Conference on Urban Public Transportation Systems"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0784407177

OCLC:

56111712