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Examining The Development Effects Of Modern-Era Streetcars: An Assessment Of Portland And Seattle, Jeffrey Brown, Joel Mendez
Examining The Development Effects Of Modern-Era Streetcars: An Assessment Of Portland And Seattle, Jeffrey Brown, Joel Mendez
Mineta Transportation Institute
Most U.S. cities pursuing streetcars are doing so primarily for their purported development effects, as opposed to for their transportation role, yet there is little evidence about the nature or magnitude of these development effects due to a scarcity of rigorous, empirical research. Most available work simply presents descriptive information about development outcomes (typically measured as changes in population, employment, land values, or permit activity) within streetcar corridors as indicators of the streetcar’s development effects. Alternate factors which may have influenced such results are often not considered, placing into question the validity of such measures.
This study examines the development …
The Purpose, Function, And Performance Of Streetcar Transit In The Modern U.S. City: A Multiple-Case-Study Investigation, Mti Report 12-39, Jeffrey Brown, Hilary Nixon, Luis Enrique Ramos
The Purpose, Function, And Performance Of Streetcar Transit In The Modern U.S. City: A Multiple-Case-Study Investigation, Mti Report 12-39, Jeffrey Brown, Hilary Nixon, Luis Enrique Ramos
Mineta Transportation Institute
The streetcar has made a remarkable resurgence in the United States in recent years. However, despite the proliferation of streetcar projects, there is remarkably little work on the streetcar’s role as a transportation service. This study examines the experiences of the modern-era streetcars operated in Little Rock, Memphis, Portland, Seattle, and Tampa. The authors discovered that in these cities, the primary purpose of the streetcar was to serve as a development tool (all cities), a second objective was to serve as a tourism-promoting amenity (Little Rock, Tampa), and transportation objectives were largely afterthoughts with the notable exception of Portland, and …
Advancing High-Speed Rail Policy In The United States, Research Report 11-18, Seananu Ashiabor, Wenbin Wei
Advancing High-Speed Rail Policy In The United States, Research Report 11-18, Seananu Ashiabor, Wenbin Wei
Mineta Transportation Institute
This report builds on a review of international experience with high-speed rail projects to develop recommendations for a High-speed rail policy framework for the United States. The international review looked at the experience of Korea, Taiwan, China, and several countries in Europe. Countries in Asia and Europe have pursued high-speed rail (HSR) to achieve various goals, which include relieving congestion on highway networks, freeing up capacity on rail network for freight train operations, and reducing travel time for travelers. Some of the key rationales do not work well in the US context. As an example, in the US, freight companies …