"The Economics of Urban Light Rail: A Guide for Planners and Citizens"
July 05, 2022
Excerpt from the summary:
Further, we highlight several common errors that light rail planners have made: overexpansion of systems into low-density areas; overvaluing certain classes of destinations such as airports; and the use of low-quality rightsof- way that sacrifice ridership to avoid political controversies during construction. These errors have led to the construction of many existing light rail systems in fundamentally unviable areas.