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Economic Impact Of Light Rail:
 The Results of 15 Urban Areas in France, Germany, UK and North America

by Carmen Hass-Klau, Graham Crampton and Rabia Benjari

Published in 2004 by Environmental & Transport Planning, Brighton, England

“After the international success of Bus or Light Rail: Making the Right Choice (2000) with a second edition in 2003, and Future of Urban Transport - Learning from Success and Weakness: Light Rail (2002) comes this third volume in the ETP public transport series. The question tackled is the effect of trams and light rail on the economic success of cities. 15 cities in France, Germany, UK and Canada are studied and detailed lessons drawn covering developments since the late 1970s. Results are given for:
  • Effects on residential property prices, office rents and retailing
  • Numbers of shoppers in city centres
  • Car ownership
  • Retail structure and competition between city centres and sub-centres
  • Parking requirements
  • Changes in building and development patterns
There are strong policy conditions for success - especially three policy instruments must be harmonised: support for market forces; strong use of land use planning; and combined public, internal and private funding. If the right conditions and alignments are lacking, economic development will not occur.”

A4 size with laminated card covers. Contains 187 pages, 28 tables, 81 figures including maps.
ISBN 0 9519620 9 4

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Barrier-Free Public Transport in Germany

Published 2003 by the Association of German Transport Undertakings (VDV)

"This book documents the efforts being made and the successes achieved by transport companies, principals and politicians in their attempts to eliminate barriers to mobility. The analytical findings also serve to identify unresolved problems as well as presenting appropriate solutions and recommendations."

Case bound 225x210mm, 444 pages with numerous photographs, diagrams and tables. German and English text on facing pages.

£40 (Overseas GBP43 / USD80)

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BUS OR LIGHT RAIL: Making the Right Choice - 2nd Edition

By Carmen Hass-Klau, Graham Crampton, Carsten Biereth & Volker Deutsch

A financial, operational and demand comparison of Light Rail, Guided Buses, Busways and Bus Lanes.

This 2nd Edition completely updates the original study published in 2000, including 2 new case studies: Freiburg and Rouen. It also includes a completely new chapter on the different types of new guided buses and a technical valuation. The summaries of the current state-of-play in urban transport policy have been revised to take account of recent developments, including in some cases the shelving of planned schemes. Since the first edition there has been something of a U-turn in Britain in favour of new light rail projects and extensions. Guided bus schemes in contrast are rather thin on the ground in Britain.

A4 size with laminated card covers. Published in 2003 by Environmental & Transport Planning, Brighton, England

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Future of Urban Transport - Learning from Success & Weakness: Light Rail

A new report from Carmen Hass-Klau and Graham Crampton (Environmental & Transport Planning - publishers of Bus or Light Rail: Making the Right Choice) studies in detail 24 cities in Europe, Australia and North America, which have well established or new light rail systems. These are ranked according to their success in attracting passengers, and the causes of variation in that success are analysed.

The most important aspects that emerge of a successful light rail system are:

  • The use of integrated ticketing such as travel cards.
  • Complementary use of car restraint measures.
  • Population densities along light rail corridors.
  • Price of monthly travel cards relative to the GDP/capita.
By comparison, operational attributes such as speed seem to have less influence. While high population densities in the light rail corridor do help, they are not an absolute condition: There is case-study evidence to support the view that complementary measures, especially traffic restraint are likely to be more important.

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