Comparative analysis study of alternative transit systems - South Hills Corridor. Final report

Technical Report · Mon Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:5832106

The objective of this analysis was to furnish sufficient information to enable the appropriate government agencies to reach managerial, operational, and engineering decisions relating to systems, technologies, service characteristics, costs, and other factors, and in so doing, define that system which would best serve the needs of the South Hills Corridor. The analysis involved four modes: a rubber-tired rapid transit system, a steel-wheeled, light-rail transit (LRT) system, a rapid rail transit system, and an express bus transit system. This report concludes that LRT would offer the most cost-effective and financially feasible alternative of those considered and would have sufficient advantages to allow it to be considered the leading candidate system for implementation in the South Hills Corridor.

• Research Organization: De Leuw, Cather and Co., Chicago, IL (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5832106
• Report Number(s): PB-83-194829
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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