• DocumentCode
    1327245
  • Title

    Today´s need for balanced urban transit systems

  • Author

    Michaels, Edward L.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Houston
  • Volume
    4
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1967
  • Firstpage
    87
  • Lastpage
    91
  • Abstract
    Cities must have freeway systems in order to facilitate the movement of traffic. After a city reaches a certain size, however, it soon becomes apparent that freeways alone cannot solve the transportation problem. The only solution to this problem is to provide a system of balanced transit. Thus every large city that has expanded very rapidly¿Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta, and many others¿should be planning or building a balanced transit system, with railroad rapid transit (including suburban railroad service) as the core, augmented by freeways for buses and private automobiles.
  • Keywords
    Air pollution; Automobiles; Cities and towns; Marine pollution; Rail transportation; Road transportation; Traffic control; Urban areas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.1967.5217224
  • Filename
    5217224