Construction Techniques and Development of 1st Monorail System in Thailand

<p>This paper aims to present the construction techniques and development of first and unique monorail system in Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies 1,568.7 km<span>2</span> and has a population of over eight million, or 12.6 percent of the country's population. In the last decade, Bangkok has attracted millions of migrants seeking economic opportunity and city is expanding quickly. Recently, Mass Rapid Transit Authority (MRTA) Thailand has decided to adopt monorail system in Bangkok as a rapid transit system due to the limited space, narrow roads and sharp curves in the city. The design of monorail track lines permits flexible and various alignments that include curves of small radiuses and large slopes. The first two projects i.e., Pink Line and Yellow Line projects consist of elevated structure around 64.9 km long, 53 stations, 2 depots and 2 park-and-ride buildings. MRTA has awarded these projects (design, test run and construction of first two lines) to the BSR Joint Venture who invited Sino-Thai Engineering &</p>

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3B Rapid Transit: Yangzhou’s Ecology-Based Urban Development Research

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.280.36 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 280 ◽

pp. 36-39

Author(s):

Yu Jing Zhu

Keyword(s):

Urban Transport ◽

Pattern Language ◽

Bus Rapid Transit ◽

Development Research ◽

Rapid Transit ◽

Main Mode ◽

Transit System ◽

Development And Utilization ◽

Mode Of Transport ◽

The City

The paper considers the development and utilization of the Yangzhou’s Canal is not enough, the city's achievements in building a far cry from the once glorious, now can not meet the future transport planning has been far from development. This paper then made twenty creative pattern language to develop the city's green transport, including the characteristics of canal traffic and the bike and bus rapid transit system as the city's main mode of transport, to create a set of Boats, Buses, Bikes (3B Rapid Transit) in one of the three healthy, environmentally friendly urban transport network, reshaping the image of the city, another city of glory.

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The bus rapid transit system: A service quality dimension of commuter uptake in Cape Town, South Africa

Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management ◽

10.4102/jtscm.v8i1.145 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Prince D. Ugo

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Service Quality ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Stated Preference ◽

Cape Town ◽

Bus Rapid Transit ◽

Rapid Transit ◽

Transit System ◽

Area Of Interest ◽

The City

This study evaluated commuter uptake of the bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Cape Town,South Africa. As a stated preference survey was not carried out prior to the launch of the new BRT system in the City of Cape Town, it became difficult to assess commuters’ preferences,which would have provided City policymakers and planners with an understanding of customer satisfaction of the proposed bus service. The commuting trend of the BRT system in the City indicates that tickets sales and utilisation by commuters is gradually picking up, but one would have expected high commuter engagement in terms of the modernity profile of the BRT system. This study investigated commuters’ (n = 260) satisfaction levels with 30 service quality variables on a self-rated questionnaire, using quantitative research methodology.The study result showed that passengers were not satisfied with the transport fare and the availability or accessibility of ticket sales outlets. In the context of this study, this result implies that the ‘responsiveness and affordability’ variable of the service quality dimensions should be an area of interest and review to City of Cape Town policymakers and planners. Service quality trends in public transport were also highlighted.

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Paper 5: Guided Buses on Segregated Ways

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Conference Proceedings ◽

10.1243/pime_conf_1969_184_546_02 ◽

1969 ◽

Vol 184 (19) ◽

pp. 54-60

Author(s):

A. J. M. Hitchcock ◽

H. B. Sedgfield

Keyword(s):

Traffic Congestion ◽

Ground Level ◽

High Density ◽

Main Stream ◽

Rapid Transit ◽

Transit System ◽

Average Speed ◽

Bad Weather ◽

Elevated Structure ◽

Automatic Signalling

Throughways is the name given to an urban rapid transit system that is based on the use of standard buses operating on ordinary urban roads for part of the route and on reserved tracks, either at ground level or as elevated structure, on sections of routes where traffic congestion would ordinarily restrict the speed and make it difficult to predict schedules. On the reserved tracks the buses are automatically steered by a guidance unit. By this means narrow tracks can be used, and the buses can keep up a higher average speed (which is largely independent of weather) than would be possible with manual steering. The system includes automatic signalling equipment, to ensure safe merging of buses from lay-bys and feeder routes into a main stream operating at high density. This is intended not only to help maintain high schedule speeds and high capacities, even in bad weather or poor visibility, but also to reduce braking and acceleration rates, thus contributing to passenger comfort.

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A Policy Move towardsSustainable Urban Transport in Pakistan: Measuring the Social, Environmental and Economic Impacts of Lahore BRT System

THE LAHORE JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS ◽

10.35536/lje.2020.v25.i1.a2 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 27-57

Author(s):

Irem Batool ◽

Muhammad Irshad ◽

Muhammad Abid

Keyword(s):

Travel Time ◽

Urban Transport ◽

Bus Rapid Transit ◽

Rapid Transit ◽

Modal Shift ◽

Transit System ◽

Travel Mode ◽

The Social ◽

Social Environmental ◽

The City

We examine the impacts of a sustainable urban transport initiative, the first Bus Rapid Transit System launched in Lahore, Pakistan in year 2013.Wemeasure the socio-economic and environmental impacts of theBRTusing aquestionnaire-based survey that collected informationon customers’ travel purpose, travel frequency, travel time, mode access, previous travel mode choices (pre-BRT) and travel mode choices at present. Weestimate that,on average,a BRTpassenger savesabout 46 minutes per day on a singletrip. However, the modal shift from personal automobiles to theBRT system is found to be only 4 percent, i.e.,significantlyless than the shift found in otherworldwide BRT systems.Moreover, weestimate the reduction inthenumber of private vehicles on roads, total distance travelled in km and associated travelling costs and,subsequently,the reduction in the carbonemissions. We concludethat the Lahore BRTtransit systemneeds to be expandedto other parts of the city.

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From a Compact City into a Metropolis

Last Subway ◽

10.7591/cornell/9780801453663.003.0002 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 10-26

Author(s):

Philip Mark Plotch

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Rapid Transit ◽

Construction Costs ◽

Transit System ◽

Population Spread ◽

Lower Manhattan ◽

Subway System ◽

The City ◽

New Yorkers

This chapter discusses how the creation of an urban transportation system transformed New York City. After private railroad companies built tracks for elevated railroads (Els) above the city's streets in the 1870s, the city's population spread out and grew rapidly from Lower Manhattan. To continue growing, however, the city had to build electric-powered rail lines, underground, that would travel faster and further and would accommodate even more people than the Els. Thus, the City of New York paid the construction costs for its first subway and in 1900 entered into a long-term lease with the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) to build and operate it. In 1913, the City of New York entered into contracts with two companies—the IRT and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT)—to build more lines in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx. However, in the early twentieth century, New York's politicians took a shortsighted approach to the transit system. Instead of raising fares, they raised false expectations that New Yorkers could have high-quality subway service with low fares. The repercussions would last for generations. The chapter then looks at the establishment of the Office of Transit Construction Commissioner, the construction of a city-owned and city-operated “Independent” (IND) subway system, and the planning for a Second Avenue subway.

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The Application of Bus Rapid Transit System in the City of Baquba and Its Impact on Reducing Daily Trips

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing - Smart and Green Solutions for Transport Systems ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-35543-2_9 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 104-113

Author(s):

Firas Alrawi ◽

Yagoob Hadi

Keyword(s):

Bus Rapid Transit ◽

Rapid Transit ◽

Transit System ◽

The City

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Orientation Maps for Visually Impaired Persons

Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness ◽

10.1177/0145482x7707100501 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 71 (5) ◽

pp. 193-194 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Billie Louise Bentzen

Keyword(s):

Visually Impaired ◽

Spatial Relationships ◽

Rapid Transit ◽

Transit System ◽

Travel Planning ◽

Orientation Maps ◽

Tactile Maps ◽

Visually Impaired Persons ◽

The City

Copies of two tactile maps—a relatively simple map of the Boston rapid transit system and a detailed map of the Boston-Cambridge area—were given to each of 18 visually impaired travelers. These individuals agreed to plan and travel an unfamiliar route using the maps and to report back on their experiences to peripatologists and map makers. Both maps proved helpful in travel planning and in gaining a better understanding of the spatial relationships of the city and of the relationships of major transportation links.

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