- "Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport."
Focuses on the provision of public transportation services, including bus, rail, and ferry systems, and the management of public transit operations, service planning, and funding.
Modes of Public Transportation: An overview of the various modes of public transportation such as buses, trains, subways, trams and ferries, and their characteristics and usage.
Public Transportation Systems: A study of public transportation systems, including bus-only and train-only systems, as well as mixed systems that use both buses and trains to improve mobility.
Transportation Planning: An exploration of the principles and concepts of transportation planning, such as demand management, land-use planning and implementation of transit systems.
Public Transportation Infrastructure: An examination of the physical structures, including roads, bridges, railroads, terminals, and stations, that are necessary to support efficient and effective public transportation systems.
Transit Operations: An overview of the daily operations of public transportation systems, including scheduling, dispatching, driver training and safety, and maintenance.
Funding and Financing: A study of the funding sources and financing mechanisms used to support public transportation systems, including grants, subsidies, fare revenues and tax revenues.
Environmental and Energy Impacts: An examination of the potential environmental and energy impacts of public transportation systems, as well as strategies to improve sustainability and reduce carbon footprints.
Accessibility and Equity: A discussion of the accessibility and equity issues related to public transportation systems, including geographic disparities, fare structure, and service quality.
Transportation Demand Management: An exploration of strategies that are designed to reduce the demand for driving and increase the use of public transportation, including pricing policies, incentives, and marketing campaigns.
- "typically managed on a schedule, operated on established routes, and that charge a posted fee for each trip."
- "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 (e.g.: "every 15 minutes" as opposed to being scheduled for any specific time of the day)."
- "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."
- "Paratransit is sometimes used in areas of low demand and for people who need a door-to-door service."
- "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. It has 3,400 members from 92 countries from all over the globe."
- "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."
- "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."