Research Article
Sep 1978
Environmental Impacts of BART and People's Responses
Authors: Donald L. Graff and Robert L. KnightAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE
Volume 104, Issue 5
Abstract
Results are intended for use in Federal transit policy making, in improvement of transit system design, and in simplification of the transit planning process. The study identified specific combinations of BART attributes and characteristics of its surroundings responsible for impacts. Adverse impacts included noise from trains on aerial trackways in quiet neighborhoods and the inconvenience and danger of large volumes of traffic and on-street parking by BART patrons in residential areas near some stations. Environmental benefits were largely visual, arising from the system's landscaping, linear parks under some of its aerial tracks, and encouragement of downtown street and pedestrian environments.
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Transportation Engineering Journal of ASCE
Volume 104 • Issue 5 • September 1978
Pages: 713 - 730
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© 1978 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Sep 1978
Published online: Feb 5, 2021
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Donald L. Graff
Dir. of Planning Studies; Gruen Assocs., Inc., San Francisco, Calif.
Robert L. Knight
Dir. of Planning Research; DeLeuw, Cather & Co., San Francisco, Calif.
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