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Light Rail Systems Design: A Human Transport Planning Criteria Centered Approach - Applied to the City of Ljubljana - Couverture souple

Brezina, Tadej

 
9783836488624: Light Rail Systems Design: A Human Transport Planning Criteria Centered Approach - Applied to the City of Ljubljana
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3836488620 ISBN 13 : 9783836488624
Editeur : VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2011

Synopsis

After the hey-day years of car oriented urban design and the resulting decrease of tramway systems worldwide, the 1980ies marked a turning point for urban transport planning. The growing alertness for car-caused impacts in ever more cities and the discussion about sustainable transport led and leads to new and improved light rail transit (LRT) systems. But do actual LRT plans really have the potential to fulfil the criteria of human travel in urban settings best? The author tries to answer this question with an actual case. After a brief outline of Ljubljana''s transport system and of general urban rail-bound transport means, the criteria vital for planning systems are reviewed extensively. An in-depth analysis of the city''s design plans during the last 20+ years within the framework of the previously derived criteria scheme is followed by its application to the status quo of LRT planning and to a sustainable approach. The resulting differences are used to develop an improved LRT system layout. This book addresses all people involved in the decision making, preparation and planning of urban LRT systems, mainly transport planning engineers and community politicians.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

After the hey-day years of car oriented urban design and the resulting decrease of tramway systems worldwide, the 1980ies marked a turning point for urban transport planning. The growing alertness for car-caused impacts in ever more cities and the discussion about sustainable transport led and leads to new and improved light rail transit (LRT) systems. But do actual LRT plans really have the potential to fulfil the criteria of human travel in urban settings best? The author tries to answer this question with an actual case. After a brief outline of Ljubljana''s transport system and of general urban rail-bound transport means, the criteria vital for planning systems are reviewed extensively. An in-depth analysis of the city''s design plans during the last 20+ years within the framework of the previously derived criteria scheme is followed by its application to the status quo of LRT planning and to a sustainable approach. The resulting differences are used to develop an improved LRT system layout. This book addresses all people involved in the decision making, preparation and planning of urban LRT systems, mainly transport planning engineers and community politicians.

Biographie de l'auteur

Tadej Brezina, Dipl.-Ing; born 1976 in Ljubljana, Slovenia; studied civil engineering at the Vienna University of Technology (VUT) with a specialization in transport and infrastructure; research assistant at VUT''s Institute of Transport Planning with research interests in general technology systems, public transport, transport & urban structure.

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Éditeur
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3836488620
ISBN 13 
9783836488624
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
180
Coordonnées du fabricant
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