Urban Rapid Transit

January 26, 2018 | Author: Anonymous | Category: Science, Biology, Zoology, Parasitology
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Urban Rapid Transit John Dulin Garrett Page Surbhi Kapoor

What is Rapid Transit? New York

A passenger transport system in urban areas with high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Typically located either in: • Underground tunnels • on elevated viaducts above street level • Outside urban centers, rapid transit lines may run on grade separated ground level tracks.

Chicago

San Francisco

Overview of Rapid Transit Rapid transit began with the opening with the opening in 1863 of the Metropolitan Railway, now part of the London Underground.



A demonstration for an underground transit system in New York City was first built by Alfred Ely Beach in 1869.

• The Beach subway was demolished when the BMT Broadway Line was built in the 1910s; thus, it was not integrated into the New York City Subway system.

MAP-21

• 1st long-term highway authorization enacted since 2005 • $105-billion • 27 months, expiring in September 2014.

New York City •



One of the most famous urban mass transit systems in the world

served by Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH), and an extensive bus system.

New York City •



Branded as MTA New York City Transit) is a public authority in the U.S. state of New York that operates public transportation in New York City. the

Metropolitan Transportation Authority is, the busiest and largest transit system in North America,the NYCTA has a daily ridership of 7 million trips (over 2 billion annually).

New York City •

good news: Residents of New York State use mass transit way more than other metropolitan areas, drivers in New York wear seatbelts, New York highways are relatively safe, and foreigners like to visit.

New York City The bad news: New Yorkers have the nation's secondlongest commute and rely lots of "functionally obsolete" bridges, and New York's airports have punctuality issues, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation's ninth annual compendium of state transportation statistics

Chicago Chicago has built its transit system to connect the cities of the east with the farmers of the west. This has made Urban Transit always focused on getting out of the city.

Chicago

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) operates the nation’s second largest public transportation system. On an average weekday, 1.6 million rides are taken on CTA. The CTA is a regional transit system that serves 40 suburbs, in addition to the City of Chicago, and provides 83 percent of the public transit trips in the six-county Chicago metropolitan area. (http://www.transitchicago.com)

Problems Traffic Jams 10 worst in U.S

Ageing Poor investment into other forms of Public transport.

Modern Chicago Rapid Transit 3 Major airports, with several smaller ones rebuilding old rail lines, and integrating them with other forms of public transit

San Francisco

• BART- Bay Area Rapid Transit

o ease congestion

o connect cities & o o o o

suburbs September 11, 1972 5th busiest in the US outdoor & underground Carried
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