Investment in public transport is on the rise as many cities around world aim to reduce their carbon footprint and improve population health. One such investment building or extending Light Rail Transit (LRT). Focusing studies USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, this paper reports results of a systematic review associations between LRT physical activity. This adhered Preferred Reporting Items ...

Elevated rail transit has been developed in some big cities in China in recent years. However, specialized codes for design of the bridges in the elevated rail transit system have not yet been established. Based on the prestressed concrete (PC) box girder bridges on Guangzhou metro line 4, some technical features of design principle and technology requisition, ensemble plan and design load of b...

On November 6th, 2021, the first light rail transit (LRT) began operating in Vietnam after a decade of construction. This project aimed to alleviate traffic congestion road network Hanoi capital. However, despite deployment service, passenger volume remains under-capacity, raising questions about how encourage people, particularly young individuals, use new public transit. Hence, this study inv...

In recent years there has been an increased effort to investigate and improve the crashworthiness of passenger rail vehicles in the United States. The structural crashworthiness requirements for new rail vehicles are changing to include specifications for crash energy management and crush zones rather than primarily specifications of vehicle and component strengths. In addition, the structural ...

Liberalisation process has just started in the Turkish rail market with the new law recently entered into force in order to comply with EU Directives. In the liberalised markets, service quality is the decisive factor that rail undertakings can use to create difference and achieve competitive advantages. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the customer perceived service quality for rail fre...

According to popular perception, public transit spreads crime. This belief is often a major reason for opposing expansion of urban mass transit systems. However, the existing empirical literature finds little evidence in support of this theory. We address this question using a novel identification strategy based on temporary, maintenance-related closures of stations in the Washington, DC rail t...

The aim of this study is to explore the effect sex disparity on passenger satisfaction and loyalty light rail transit (LRT) services in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A total 417 responses from a self-administrated questionnaire were analyzed using non-parametric tests, namely Mann-Whitney U test Spearman’s correlation test. Based test, results showed significant difference between male female LRT pas...