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Transportation for Livable Cities

Transportation for Livable Cities

VUKAN R. VUCHIC

CENTER FOR URBAN POLICY RESEARCH

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
New Brunswick, New Jersey

First published 1999 by Transaction Publishers

Published by the Center for Urban Policy Research

Portions of the material contained in this book were previously published under the title Urban Public Transportation: Systems and Technology (Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1981 [ISBN 0139394966, Copyright TX 719-767]).

Published 2017 by Routledge
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Copyright 1999 by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Vuchic, Vukan R.

Transportation for livable cities / Vukan R. Vuchic.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-88285-161-6

1. Urban transportationUnited StatesPlanning. 2. Urban transportation policyUnited States. 3. Local transitUnited StatesPlanning. 4. Urban transportationPlanning. 5. Urban transportation policy. 6. Local transitPlanning. 7. Urban transportationEnvironmental aspects. 8. AutomobilesEnvironmental aspects. 9. Sustainable development. I. Title.
HE308.V83 1999
388.4dc21

98019218

CIP

ISBN 13: 978-0-88285-161-7 (hbk)

Cover design:	HELENE BERINSKY
Cover photograph:	Courtesy TRI-MET, Portland, Oregon
Interior design/typesetting:	Arlene Pashman

My wife Rada and I have always enjoyed traveling with our children because of their enthusiasm for the sights, history, and liveliness of New York, Paris, Munich, Hong Kong, San Francisco and other human-oriented cities.
It is their generation that should enjoy the increasing livability of cities.

This book is dedicated to our children Monika, Boris, Lili and Victor and their families.

Contents

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 5

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 2

CHAPTER 3

CHAPTER 4

CHAPTER 6

CHAPTER 7

CHAPTER 8

T he initial effort to assemble material for this book in a comprehensive document was a study analyzing urban transportation systems and policies sponsored by the Energy Foundation of San Francisco, as well as by a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation University Transportation Centers Program. The support of these sponsors is gratefully acknowledged.

Drawing on material from his writings and several decades of work on urban transportation, the author also benefited greatly from participation of the Advisory Committee. Special thanks are due to committee members: Stephen H. Burrington, Conservation Law Foundation; Louis J. Gambaccini, then with SEPTA; Ronald J. Hartman, then with Amtrak; Professor Shinya Kikuchi, University of Delaware; Herbert S. Levinson, Consultant; Professor Edward K. Morlok, University of Pennsylvania; Professor John Pucher, Rutgers University; Professor Joseph L. Schofer, Northwestern University; Professor Elliott Sclar, Columbia University; and Jeffrey M. Zupan, Consultant.

The report on the initial project was later expanded, several chapters added, and materials elaborated and refined. The author is grateful for the assistance of the following persons in providing and reviewing text on various countries and cities: Professor Heinrich Brandli, ETH Zurich, Switzerland; Lawrence Dahms, MTC, San Francisco Bay Area; Ragnar Domstad, City of Gothenburg, Sweden; Professor Giinter Girnau, VDV, Cologne, Germany; Professor Antonio Musso, University of Rome, Italy; Professor Peter Newman, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia; Professor Bo Peterson, SL, Stockholm, Sweden; Professor Matti Pursula, University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland; John Schumann, LTK Engineering Services, Portland, Oregon; Professor Gerald Steuart, University of Toronto, Canada; and Professor Jean-Claude Ziv, CNAM, Paris, France.

Special thanks are due several colleagues who reviewed portions of the text and contributed materials. First, Professor Emeritus Wolfgang S. Homburger, University of CaliforniaBerkeley, with his thorough knowledge of the subject area and editing expertise, provided extremely valuable comments and suggestions on all chapters. Portions of the manuscript were also reviewed and numerous suggestions made by Professor Robert Cervero, University of California; Thor K. Haatveit, City of Oslo; Shinya Kikuchi; Herbert S. Levinson; Thomas G. Matoff, LTK Engineering Services; Professor John Pucher; and Jeffrey M. Zupan.

Given the complex and dynamic topics concerning urban transportation, it was remarkable that there was a strong overall consensus among the committee members and reviewers with respect to the definition of problems and general approaches to the solutions. Yet, there were different views on defining the causes of problems and on feasibility of various policy and improvement measures. Thus, it was not surprising that this author has had reviewers comments that suggested many statements should be toned down, as well as those saying that the critical remarks should be stronger and more direct. Clearly, the content of this book is the authors responsibility and does not necessarily imply consensus by all participants and reviewers.

Several assistants worked with dedication and enthusiasm on the research and preparation for this book. They are Eric C. Bruun, Post-Doctoral Fellow, and then doctoral students Nikola Krstanoski, Young-Jae Lee, and Yong Eun Shin. Jeffrey Casello and Mario Semmler worked on the final stages of editing the manuscript and preparing the exhibits.

The author also wishes to thank Professor Norman J. Glickman, director of the Center for Urban Policy Research at Rutgers University, and Professor Robert W. Lake, editor in chief of CUPR Press and CUPRs associate director, for their assistance in publishing this book. Special recognition is also due Arlene Pashman, senior editor, for her expertise, precise work, and dedication in preparing the manuscript.

Finally, my wife, Rada, provided not only patience and understanding but consultations about portions of the text. As in all previous work, her support has been most valuable.

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