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    Peak Car Use and the Rise of Global Rail: Why this is happening and what it means for large and small cities

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    Authors
    Newman, Peter
    Kenworthy, Jeffrey
    Glazebrook, G.
    Date
    2013
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Newman, Peter and Kenworthy, Jeffrey and Glazebrook, Garry. 2013. Peak Car Use and the Rise of Global Rail: Why this is happening and what it means for large and small cities. Journal of Transportation Technologies. 3: pp. 272-287.
    Source Title
    Journal of Transportation Technologies
    DOI
    10.4236/jtts.2013.34029
    ISSN
    2160-0473
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    This article is published under the Open Access publishing model and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ Please refer to the licence to obtain terms for any further reuse or distribution of this work.

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32939
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    The 21st century promises some dramatic changes—some expected, others surprising. One of the more surprising changes is the dramatic peaking in car use and an associated increase in the world’s urban rail systems. This paper sets out what is happening with the growth of rail, especially in the traditional car dependent cities of the US and Australia, and why this is happening, particularly its relationship to car use declines. It provides new data on the plateau in the speed of urban car transportation that supports rail’s increasing role compared to cars in cities everywhere, as well as other structural, economic and cultural changes that indicate a move away from car dependent urbanism. The paper suggests that the rise of urban rail is a contributing factor in peak car use through the relative reduction in speed of traffic compared to transit, especially rail, as well as the growing value of dense, knowledge-based centers that depend on rail access for their viability and cultural attraction. Finally, the paper suggests what can be done to make rail work better based on some best practice trends in large cities and small car dependent cities.

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