Private Automobile The Dominant Vehicle In Urban City

Posted by aditya | 2:16 PM | | 0 comments »




Urban areas likewise rely heavily on motor vehicle transportation.Country wide 95 % of all urban passenger miles are by user operated automobile, 3% by motor bus, and 2 % on subways or elevated or surface railways. Not only do these figures indicate the predominant role of the private automobile in urban movements, but they also show that rubber tire vehicles traveling on pavement cary a major share of public transit. Even so, such averages can be deceptive. On the one hand, some smaller urban areas are without effective public transportation even by bus, and rely almost entirely on the private automobile. At the other extreme, New York City, which generates about four-fifths of all rail and one fifth of all bus traffic for the nation, would be crippled in the 62% of work tirips made by transit were thrown onto the private automobile. Other very large cities with high population densities likewise depend heavilly on public transportation, particularly for trips to and from work . However, in all but the largest cities, the private automobile is dominant, in the central areas of cities with populations over 100.000, 72 % of the work trips are by private automobile. How much and how rapidly transit use will increase because of gasoline shortages and price increases is still unknown

Highway and Transport Engineering
and this section is about Private Automobile
Bookmark and Share

Title Post: Private Automobile The Dominant Vehicle In Urban City
Rating: 100% based on 99998 ratings. 5 user reviews.
Author: aditya

0 comments