Transport impacts of greater Manchester's metrolink light rail system

Knowles, Richard

doi:10.1016/0966-6923(95)00034-8

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“…The author indicated that 75% of the travelers had been transferred from other modes (65% from bus and 35% from private automobile), while 25% was generated traffic, due to both new housing developments and changes in work destinations. In contrast, Manchester's Metrolink secured a much larger modal shift from private car to light rail than forecast (Knowles, 1996).…”

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Analysis of traffic corridor impacts from the introduction of the new Athens Metro system

Golias

2002

Journal of Transport Geography

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New transit systems are viewed as an effective approach to dealing with concerns about automobile dependence and a degrading quality of life in many large cities. This paper concentrates on evaluating the impacts from the construction of a new subway system as these impacts pertain to traveler behavior and mode choice. Using the results from a revealed preference combined roadside and on-board survey from Athens, Greece, and utilizing a flexible disaggregate model specification (the heteroskedastic extreme value model) the results from the introduction of a new Metro system are evaluated. The results indicate that the demand for auto usage is fairly inelastic (with respect to both cost and time), and that Athens transit users are more sensitive to changes in cost rather than travel time. Further, the results indicate that increases in travel time and cost for the auto would increase the demand for the Metro, but not as much for the bus. Ó

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Analysis of traffic corridor impacts from the introduction of the new Athens Metro system

Golias

2002

Journal of Transport Geography

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“…These public benefits can be categorised into two; direct and indirect benefits. The direct benefits of rail transit systems are defined in terms of improved regional mobility, consumer savings, vehicle cost savings, energy conservation, improved mobility for non-drivers and disadvantaged groups, congestion reduction, roadway cost savings, increased traffic safety, and pollution emission reductions (see, for example, Litman, 2003Litman, , 2004aLitman, , 2004bLitman, , 2007Litman, , 2012; Banister and Banister, 1995;Knowles, 1996;Pucher, 2004).…”

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Estimating the Effects of Light Rail Transit (LRT) System on the Property Values in the Klang Valley, Malaysia: A Hedonic House Price Approach

2013

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This study investigates the increased value of land in the form of house prices as a result of improved accessibility owing to the construction of Light Rail Transit (LRT) systems. Kelana Jaya Line LRT system is chosen as the case study in this research. Hedonic house price modelling is employed to estimate the effects of the LRT system on the prices of the house that are located within the radius of two kilometres from the Kelana Jaya LRT stations. Selling prices, structural attributes, land use and socio-economic attributes were collected from the database of Department of Valuation and Services of Malaysia, selected maps and reports. Fifty-five factors that are likely to influence a house price were identified and used to estimate the overall effects of the LRT system on it. However, only significant variables were included in the final deliberation and these were identified by using correlation analysis and modified step-wise procedures. The outcome of this study shows a positive relationship between the existence of the LRT system and house prices. In other words, properties that are located within close proximity to the LRT station are valued more than properties that are located further away. Keywords: Light rail transit systems (LRT); property values; hedonic price model; Klang Valley AbstrakKajian ini menyiasat peningkatan nilai tanah dalam bentuk harga rumah hasil daripada peningkatan ketersampaian menerusi pembinaan sistem Transit Aliran Ringan (TAR). Sistem TAR laluan Kelana Jaya dipilih sebagai kajian kes dalam penyelidikan ini. Model harga rumah hedonik digunakan untuk menganggarkan kesan sistem TAR pada harga rumah yang terletak dalam lingkungan dua kilometer dari stesen TAR Kelana Jaya. Harga jualan, ciri-ciri fizikal rumah, lokasi dan sosio-ekonomi dikumpul daripada pangkalan data Jabatan Penilaian dan Perkhidmatan Malaysia, peta terpilih dan laporan. Lima puluh lima faktor yang mungkin mempengaruhi harga rumah telah dikenal pasti dan digunakan bagi menganggarkan kesan keseluruhan sistem TAR di atasnya. Walau bagaimanapun, hanya pemboleh ubah yang signifikan secara statistik telah dimasukkan dalam perbincangan akhir dan ini telah dikenal pasti dengan menggunakan analisis korelasi dan prosedur 'step-wise' yang telah diubah suai. Hasil kajian ini menunjukkan terdapat hubungan positif antara kewujudan sistem TAR dan harga rumah. Dalam erti kata lain, hartanah yang terletak dalam jarak yang hampir dengan stesen TAR mempunyai nilai yang lebih tinggi berbanding hartanah yang terletak jauh.Kata kunci: Sistem transit aliran ringan (TAR); nilai hartanah; model harga hedonik; Lembah Klang

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“…However, as shown in Table 1, this is not the case. Since its inception in 1993, of the 46 articles found in the journal analyzing travel behavior (e.g., Cohen and Harris, 1998;Knowles, 1996;Newbold et al, 2005;Schwanen, 2004;Wang, 2001), reviewing past studies of travel behavior (Fox, 1995) and discussing innovative methods for collecting/deriving travel behavior data (Buliung and Kanaroglou, 2006;Goudie, 2002;Kenyon, 2006;Roe, 2000) -a mere 16% of all articles published to May 2006 -only 18 are written by geographers. 2 Moreover, of the 46, only 7 are activity-based (i.e., Buliung and Kanaroglou, 2006;Fox, 2005;Kenyon, 2006;Ritsema van Eck et al, 2005;Schwanen, 2004;Timmermans et al, 2003;Wang, 2001).…”

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Embracing activity analysis in transport geography: Merits, challenges and research frontiers

Scott

2006

Journal of Transport Geography

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Transport impacts of greater Manchester's metrolink light rail system

Cited by 73 publications

References 2 publications

Analysis of traffic corridor impacts from the introduction of the new Athens Metro system

Analysis of traffic corridor impacts from the introduction of the new Athens Metro system

Estimating the Effects of Light Rail Transit (LRT) System on the Property Values in the Klang Valley, Malaysia: A Hedonic House Price Approach

Embracing activity analysis in transport geography: Merits, challenges and research frontiers

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