International Comparisons of Urban Light Rail Systems
Three references, on the subject of International comparisons of Light Rail systems are posted for information purposes and education.
1) The roles of integrated ticketing, pedestrianisation and population density
http://www.raumplanung.uni-dortmund.de/rwp/ersa2002/cd-rom/papers/167.pdf
2) Light Rail Transit encyclopedia.
http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm121.htm
3) Modern Light Rail as a transport solution for large cities. http://www.kaupunkiliikenne.net/Kirja/Modern%20Light%20Rail%20basics.pdf
Welcome to the blog, Cardinal Fang.
Thank you for the excellent links. They are well worth the read. I did not know about the TDM encyclopedia (link 2). Great reference material nicely laid out.
Zweisystem welcomes Cardinal Fang and what great stuff for the first post!
It seems there is a big disconnect when it comes to reviving the Interurban. The local residents, mayors and grassroots orginizations all beleive in it’s feasibility while it seems that Translink and the provincial government do not. The teamwork that is materializing between the various groups is starting to pay off. The “Leewood study is a prime example, being able to produce a study like that independantly shows the level of sophistication this grass roots movement has obtained. The next logical step is a demonstration line, on the opening day of the “Olympic Line” streetcar system besides the tourists and sightseers were a bunch of Vancouver residents using it to commute. The same thing would happen on the interurban. Using the Olympic line as a model, if a manufacturer could be convinced to loan some trains, and a temporary interurban line could be set up with some limited stops I’m convinced people would start using it. If you had a part time railroad attracting passengers then the case for a full time permanent system would be hard to ignore. Of course this would not be easy but with the number of people working towards reviving the interurban anything is possible.
The sad fact is, the provincial government and TransLink do not think light rail is feasible, on any route. For them, it is SkyTrain/light-metro all the way, yet SkyTrain has been rejected in all but 7 cities around the world and in those 7 cities, not one SkyTrain system was allowed to compete against light rail for any of the lines built!