Infrastructure is basic physical and organizational structure needed for the operation of services
and facilities in society. It generally means to provide framework supporting an entire
development of a particular project, for instance, infrastructure of public transport can be defined
as better train and bus stations, fast and direct transit service, access to every place in city via
train and busses
Public transport is a service provided by the government of the city which is available
use for general public. Public transportation includes busses, rails, subway trains and taxi cab.
Public transport is a vibrant driver which runs day to day economy of the country as it helps
millions of commuters to commute from one place to another in fast pace. Investments in
infrastructure allow goods and services to be transported more quickly and at lower costs,
resulting in both lower prices for consumers and increased profitability for firms. Moreover,
commuters would consider public transport as their first option if infrastructure of public
transportation in the country is well established. Eventually, this will result in increment of
revenue being generated and this revenue can be invested for infrastructure purposes.
The Chicago Transit Authority lacks development in public transport
infrastructure as they are five hundred million dollar short of state and federal funding. This
had resulted the consequences of the infrastructure as trains speed have been slowed and this
led to a more than forty percent increase in late train arrival. After this incident happen, Chicago
Transit Authority Officials said they would renovate the train tracks by the end of the year, so
that there wouldn’t be slow track concerns for the commuters. In my opinion, Chicago Transit
Authority might have lost hundreds of passengers who were commuting daily as they can’t
afford to have a delay in their destination (Helkevitch)
CTA and the suburban bus Pace operators increased the fares by 50 percent, while
commuter rail fares doubled in 1981. Most suburban bus was shut down immediately when RTA
had failed to subsidize payments. The commuter rail fare increased prices provoked the suburban
commuters and this resulted in 40 percent ridership overall. Some riders in suburbs had shifted to
CTA rapid transit and express bus routes to manage their budget of a result increased fares.
(Schwieterman and Mammoser 107)
Bryn Mawr is a red line CTA train station at Chicago, Illinois.
When you encounter a city such as Chicago, it is practically impossible to avoid CTA and Metra trains. From short store errands to long journeys home, the CTA is there as your personal downtown car. If you do not have enough money to put into owning a car or simply do not want to put up with trying to find parking in the congested city, the CTA is there for you. Where more people to use the CTA, the amount of gas polluting the earth would significantly decrease the pollution levels in Chicago. Since there aren't as many cars on the road, it not only decreases the carbon monoxide leaking from cars but the amount of cars on the road, which also decreases the amount of people on the road. Numerous laws state how using the CTA could benefit people in Chicago overall. These are just some of the reasons Metra and the CTA has impacted everything from population to economics and even political and environmental issues.
A good chunk of people in the Big Apple (New York City) feels that the MTA makes their ride efficient, cheap, easy, and convenient way of getting around town. On a scale of 1-10, N...
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Quizon, Derek. The Arizona Republic. “Effects of light-rail on businesses mixed, owners say.” Jul. 13, 2010
Some people believe that governments should build more railroads rather than highways and roads. To a certain point, I would agree with the statement, but I also believe that the decision of building railways or roads should be decided base on the natural condition of the area and the preference of citizens.
Transport is a political factor as it is controlled and affected by legislation. This will impact on the staff and opponents (travelling to the stadium) as the accessibility of transport will impact on travelling times – both positively (may avoid traffic on a train e.g.) and negatively (trains, buses etc. may be cancelled or delayed). The price of transportation will also affect the mode of transport that these groups of people may use. Similarly, price and accessibility of transport will affect the consumers also. The view that consumers hold on transport, therefore, is likely to impact on the business i.e. effort to travel, money to travel etc. as this will influence how often they will visit, what they will spend during their visit etc. According to (Mintel 2011,) the amount of people using train as a mode of transport is on the rise, mea...
Since the Fare of Delhi Metro rises the number of Ridership has been reduced.With the increase in fare Delhi Metro starts loosing their customers.
Public transportation is an essential part of a city. A good public transit can encourage a city’s economic activities and can provide its citizen a convenient life. Does our Phoenix public transit work well? Does it provide sufficient service to the citizen? From my experience, the answer is no. This November I tried to attend the popular State Fair in Phoenix. However, I found that there were not any buses or metros could take me to the fair directly. It means I need 2 hours or more spend on the public transits. As the sixth most populous city nationwide (“Phoenix Quick Fact” 1), compared with Los Angeles and other big cities in America, Phoenix’s public transportation is indeed subpar. Due to Los Angeles has 154 bus lines and 30 metros (“Schedule”), New York has 316 bus lines and 28 subways(“Maps & Timetables”), while Phoenix only has 98 bus lines, and the number of metro line is only one! (“Route Schedules & Maps”) The problem is
In Hong Kong, public transit serves more than 90% of daily trips, and among them 40% are from the metro system, the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) (Wu, 2009). First built in late 1970s, MTR has a daily ridership of 5.6 million passengers and total revenue of HK$35.7 billion in 2012 (MTR, 2012). Until now, the system has 11 lines, 84 stations and a total route length of 218.2 km with an average fare of HK$7.1 per trip (MTR, 2012). It runs 7 days a week, from early 5 a.m. in the morning to 1a.m. the next day. The MTR has become an indispensable part of residences’ lives in Hong Kong.
Furthermore, the high-speed rail network could mean twenty-nine million fewer car trips and 500,000 fewer plane flights annually, according to a 2006 study ...
This means that most ‘areas of interest’ (e.g. home, school and shops) are within walking distance of the station . For example in Hong Kong, the majority of MTR stations have a shopping mall, health care centre, and police station within five to ten minutes walking distance . If there are multiple TODs around the city, commuters can travel to and from TODs around the city via public transport with relative ease without having to change the mode of transport. This makes public transport more attractive since it could be even faster than using private automobiles, because railways can travel quickly without congestion as well as saving time to find a parking
Most people take the urban public transportation system for granted. It is used in every aspect of our daily lives: work, education, medical necessities, recreation, etc. It is also important for the transportation of goods and services, which aids the growth and maintenance of our economy. Urban public transportation is the critical component of our quality of life and economic stability. The MBTA, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, is Boston and Eastern Massachusetts’s major transportation service. The MBTA has played a central role in the development of Boston and surrounding cities and towns for more than a century; providing service from 175 cities and towns into Boston. On an average weekday over 1.2 million trips are made on the subway, buses, commuter lines and other services in the mass transit system. With an international airport, a ship port, the highways, and the rail lines to connect regional cities and towns to national and international destinations and markets, Boston’s urban public transportation system has made the region’s growing role in the global economy possible.
Rail transportation is a transportation in which for movement of people and goods which from one location to another destination. Rail had been takes the important role in physical and economic development of town and cities in a country and it was developed over the world. Rail transport can be made a property value in a country increase and it must be needs improvement in transportation network expanding (Goldberg, 1970). Thus, the railway services need to be done with continuous improvement and it is important to the rail passengers of the range and quality of facilities and service on stations and trains (Gleave, S. D., 2000). The future development to a public transportation is a key to affect
The development of urban transportation has not changed with the cities; cities have changed with transportation. This chapter offers an insight into the Past and the future of Urban transportation and is split up into a number of different sections. It includes a timeline of the different forms of transport innovations, starting from the earliest stages of urban transport, dating back to the omnibus (the first type of urban transportation) and working in a chronological order until eventually reaching the automobile. However, these changes in Urban transport did not happen for no reason. Different factors within society meant urban transport needed to evolve; points will be made on why society needed this evolution. In contrast I will observe the problems urban transport has caused in society as a result of its rapid progression. Taking account of both arguments for the evolution of urban transport, I will look at where it will go in the future.
First of the difference between public transportation and private car is convenience in travel. There are many type of transportations that people can choose to travelling such as bus and van. People can save time to go work in morning and to back when they finished working. Even though, people have to go to work in a crowded bus, people can avoid and also less traffic jams from using their own car on the road. If they go to work or somewhere by private car, they will get serious when they get stick in their car for a long time. People do not have to find parking when they go out to work or shopping. Moreover, public transportation saves environment because it helps people decrease air pollution from using private car.