NDLI: Light rail routing: do goals matter?

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Author	Cohen Blankshtain, Galit Feitelson, Eran
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	Decisions to fund light rail (LRT) have been critiqued as instrumentally irrational. This paper examines whether the seemingly more technical LRT routing decisions are instrumentally rational. To this end, we test whether routing decisions are made to address goals that are rationally derived from the challenges faced by the urban region. On the basis of a review of the literature, two rationales that underlie most of the stated goals are identified: providing service for the most heavily travelled and congested corridors and inducing development, and subsequently demand, in areas perceived to be underdeveloped or distressed and in areas that have deteriorated. In a survey of key respondents from 16 cities, we find that goals are only weakly correlated with the challenges. While most routes provide service on the most heavily demanded corridors, routing decisions are no less driven by a desire to cut pecuniary and transaction costs. For this reason existing rights of way are often preferred. This is explained by the intertwining of routing and funding decisions. The implications of these findings for evaluation techniques of LRT routes are discussed.
Starting Page	343
Ending Page	361
Page Count	19
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00494488
Journal	Transportation
Volume Number	38
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15729435
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2010-10-08
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Light rail Rational decision making Regional/Spatial Science Technology Management Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing Economic Geography
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Development Transportation Civil and Structural Engineering

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