1. Urban Rapid Transit John Dulin Garrett Page Surbhi Kapoor

2. A passenger transport system in urban areas with high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. What is Rapid Transit? Typically located either in: Underground tunnels on elevated viaducts above street level Outside urban centers, rapid transit lines may run on grade separated ground level tracks. New York Chicago San Francisco

3. Rapid transit began with the opening with the opening in 1863 of the Metropolitan Railway, now part of the London Underground. Overview of Rapid Transit A demonstration for an underground transit system in New York City was first built by Alfred Ely Beach in 1869. The Beach subway was demolished when the BMT Broadway Line was built in the 1910s; thus, it was not integrated into the New York City Subway system.

4. 1st long-term highway authorization enacted since 2005 $105-billion 27 months, expiring in September 2014. MAP-21

5. One of the most famous urban mass transit systems in the world served by Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH), and an extensive bus system. New York City

6. Branded as MTA New York City Transit) is a public authority in the U.S. state of New York that operates public transportation in New York City. the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is, the busiest and largest transit system in North America,the NYCTA has a daily ridership of 7 million trips (over 2 billion annually). New York City

7. good news: Residents of New York State use mass transit way more than other metropolitan areas, drivers in New York wear seatbelts, New York highways are relatively safe, and foreigners like to visit. New York City

8. The bad news: New Yorkers have the nation's second- longest commute and rely lots of "functionally obsolete" bridges, and New York's airports have punctuality issues, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation's ninth annual compendium of state transportation statistics New York City

9. Chicago has built its transit system to connect the cities of the east with the farmers of the west. This has made Urban Transit always focused on getting out of the city. Chicago

10. The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) operates the nation’s second largest public transportation system. On an average weekday, 1.6 million rides are taken on CTA. The CTA is a regional transit system that serves 40 suburbs, in addition to the City of Chicago, and provides 83 percent of the public transit trips in the six-county Chicago metropolitan area. (http://www.transitchicago.com) Chicago

11. Traffic Jams 10 worst in U.S Ageing Poor investment into other forms of Public transport. Problems

12. 3 Major airports, with several smaller ones rebuilding old rail lines, and integrating them with other forms of public transit Modern Chicago Rapid Transit

13. BART- Bay Area Rapid Transit o ease congestion o connect cities & suburbs o September 11, 1972 o 5th busiest in the US o outdoor & underground o Carried <2.7 billion people o BART 40 Years BART 40 Years San Francisco

14. Aging Population Incompatible with other systems Challenges for BART

15. Direct connections to 2 rail services: o Caltrain, which provides service between San Francisco, San Jose, and Gilroy o Amtrak's Capitol Corridor, which runs from Sacramento to San Jose Bus transit services Host's car sharing Airport's o San Francisco International Airport (direct) o Oakland International Airport (AirBART) BART Connecting Services

16. Expansion and Extension o Warm Springs o Oakland Airport Connector New Train Car Project o $896 million contract award to Bombardier Transit Corporation for design and construction of 410 train cars. Future of BART

17. 1.Which of the following was not discussed for why rapid transit was built? a.ease congestion b.connect cities c.help the environment 2.What is some bad news when it comes to New York Transit? a. the smell b. strikes c. punctuality due to congestion 3. What was the ILL Politician worked to get the transnational railroad to go throw Chicago. a.Lincoln b. Douglas c. Lewis Questions

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