- "Public transport is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typically managed on a schedule, operated on established routes, and that charge a posted fee for each trip."
The use of technology to improve public transportation systems, including real-time tracking, payment systems and route optimization.
Public Transportation Systems: Introduction to basic public transportation systems, including buses, trains, subways, and other modes of public transportation.
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS): An overview of ITS and their applications in public transportation systems. ITS includes intelligent vehicle systems, intelligent infrastructure systems, and other technologies that help to improve the performance of transportation systems.
Transportation Systems Planning: A conceptual and organizational framework for effective transportation system planning, including policy and planning procedures, transportation systems analysis and modeling, and other related topics.
Transportation Modes and Technologies: Overview of various transportation modes including buses, bicycles, cars, trains, and planes, as well as transportation technologies that have been developed and adopted in public transportation systems.
Transportation Operations and Maintenance: The roles and responsibilities of public transportation operations and maintenance teams that are involved in managing and maintaining public transportation systems.
Transportation Safety and Security: The practices and strategies used to ensure public transportation safety and security, including passenger and operator safety, emergency response, and security measures such as video surveillance and access control systems.
Transportation Accessibility: How to ensure transportation services, systems, and infrastructure are accessible to all, including people with disabilities or other mobility challenges.
Transportation Regulations and Policies: How regulations, policies, and public policies impact the way public transportation systems are managed, operated and maintained on both federal and state levels, including discussion of transportation funding and governance.
Transportation Economics: The economics of transportation system planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance, including the principles of microeconomics and public finance.
Data Analytics and Management: The use of data analysis and management tools to support the planning, design, performance, and management of transportation systems, including real-time tracking, predictive modeling, and decision support systems.
Human Factors in Transportation: How people behave, interact with technology, and perceive printed and digital wayfinding tools, including user experience (UX) design, usability testing, and driver behavior.
Environmental Sustainability: The potential negative impact of transportation systems on the environment and strategies to mitigate it through green transport, vehicle emissions reduction, zero-emission vehicles, and renewable energy integration.
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT): A high-capacity bus system that operates on dedicated lanes or separated roadways with multiple stops along the route.
Light Rail Transit (LRT): A form of urban transit using electrically powered low-floor tramcars operating on rails, frequently on streets and with high passenger throughput.
Heavy Rail Transit (HRT): A fully grade-separated rapid transit system with high-capacity trains running on exclusive tracks, typically underground, elevated or on a bridge.
Commuter Rail (CR): A longer-distance rail service operating on tracks shared with freight and long-distance passenger trains, servicing city centers and their suburbs.
Monorail: A single-rail elevated train with cars suspended from it.
Cable Transit: A system using a continuous loop of rope, wire or cable to move vehicles along a track, such as those used in ski resorts or in gondolas.
Automated Guideway Transit (AGT): A driverless public transport system that operates on fixed guideways, often elevated, utilizing fully automatic control systems and sensing equipment.
Personal Rapid Transit (PRT): A small enclosed vehicle that carries passengers directly to their destination, typically in a dedicated lane or track.
Busways (BWS): A dedicated lane for buses only, offering high-speed service with limited stops.
Streetcars/Trolleybuses: Public transportation using electric railway cars primarily on city streets, sometimes on dedicated tracks.
Ferries: Public transportation that uses boats to move people and vehicles across waterways.
Aerial Ropeways/Ski Lifts: Transport of persons or goods through the air using cables suspended between two points.
Hyperloop: A proposed high-speed transportation system, still under development, that would use pods that are propelled through a vacuum tube.
Bicycle Sharing Programs: Programs that provide bicycles for shared use, typically found in urban areas.
Car Sharing Programs: Programs that allow members to share vehicles for short-term use.
Electric Scooter Sharing: A transportation service that allows users to rent electric scooters on-demand for short trips.
Water Taxis or Water Buses: Boats or ferries that transport people along waterways.
- "Examples of public transport include city buses, trolleybuses, trams (or light rail) and passenger trains, rapid transit (metro/subway/underground, etc.) and ferries."
- "Public transport between cities is dominated by airlines, coaches, and intercity rail."
- "Most public transport systems run along fixed routes with set embarkation/disembarkation points to a prearranged timetable, with the most frequent services running to a headway."
- "However, most public transport trips include other modes of travel, such as passengers walking or catching bus services to access train stations."
- "Share taxis offer on-demand services in many parts of the world, which may compete with fixed public transport lines, or complement them, by bringing passengers to interchanges."
- "Urban public transit differs distinctly among Asia, North America, and Europe."
- "In Asia, profit-driven, privately owned and publicly traded mass transit and real estate conglomerates predominantly operate public transit systems."
- "In North America, municipal transit authorities most commonly run mass transit operations."
- "In Europe, both state-owned and private companies predominantly operate mass transit systems."
- "For geographical, historical and economic reasons, differences exist internationally regarding the use and extent of public transport."
- "The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) is the international network for public transport authorities and operators, policy decision-makers, scientific institutes, and the public transport supply and service industry."
- "A number of sources attribute this trend to the rise in popularity of remote work, ride-sharing services, and car loans being relatively cheap across many countries."
- "Major cities such as Toronto, Paris, Chicago, and London have seen this decline."
- "Major cities have attempted to intervene by cutting fares and encouraging new modes of transportation, such as e-scooters and e-bikes."
- "Because of the reduced emissions and other environmental impacts of using public transportation over private transportation, many experts have pointed to an increased investment in public transit as an important climate change mitigation tactic." Note: Due to the limitations of the model, not all questions will have a direct quote in the provided paragraph. However, the paragraph provides relevant information to answer most of the questions.