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It is only in the past quarter century that urbanization has emerged in China as a force of social transformation while … a massive population shift from country to city has brought about a dramatic revolution in China's culture, politics …, and economy. China's Urban Transition synthesizes research to provide the first integrated treatment of the processes that …
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The provision of public transit is thought to reduce travel time losses that are due to car congestion. For this reason, it is economically justified to subsidise public transit from a welfare perspective as it creates a congestion-relief benefit. The main goal of this paper is to quantify the...
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U.S. cities have invested large amounts of sums on public transit and urban rail in the last few decades, but the transit usage in most of these car-oriented cities is very low, and previous efforts to increase ridership have been mostly fruitless. This research examines the factors affecting...
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