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Article Excerpt
Urban Transit: Operations, Planning and Economics, by Vukan R. Vuchic. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 10475 Crosspoint Boulevard, Indianapolis, Indiana 46256 (order location). 2005. Pp.644. ISBN 0-471-63265-1. Hardcover. $120.00.
This book is the completion of a trilogy by Vukan Vuchic. The first book, Urban Public Transportation Systems and Technology, presented the reader with definitions and classification of the means of providing urban mass transportation. The second work, Transportation for Livable Cities, provides an excellent exposition of why transportation should be viewed by policy makers as a key means for making urban life a quality and humane experience, rather than as a function per se, judged without regard for its impact on the economic and social viability of urban...
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