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Apr 1971
Multiservice Transport Systems for Urban Mobility
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New kinds of government-sponsored demonstrations of public mass transportation services and systems are needed if current and projected deficiencies in urban mobility are to be corrected. One such demonstration project approach, developed under the Urban Mass Transportation Act as amended in 1968 and called MUST for MUltiple Service Transportation is described. The new demonstration concept is designed to provide more useful information through more explicit demand analysis examining differential responses to a wide range of public transportation services, varying both quantities and qualities of transport service levels. Variables to be controlled in such demonstrations include routings and schedules, vehicle operations, types and sizes, and management organization, as well as pricing and real-time technology. The effective design and efficient execution of such demonstration projects represent complex planning and systems engineering challenges, although not necessarily large-scale construction of new facilities. The question is asked: Will planners and engineers accept these challenges?
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Journal of the Urban Planning and Development Division
Volume 97 • Issue 1 • April 1971
Pages: 31 - 39
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© 1971 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Leon Monroe Cole, AM.ASCE
Prof. and Director, Graduate Program in Community and Regional Planning, The University of Texas at Austin, Tex.
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