ve proportion of our society's resources, less than housing but rivalling health. Transport infrastructure -- whether for new motorways, railways or trams -- is prodigiously expensive, making claims on public revenues in competition with other public needs such as schools, hospitals and social services. It is, however, pertinent to note that if transport spending alleviated the problems of environmental decay, social inequity and economic efficiency, it would indeed pay off handsomely, reducing at least some of the environmental, social and economic problems that currently require amelioration through other public expenditures."
These are the central issues that will be examined in this study. The purpose of the study is to draw upon the literature to identify a strategy of creating and maintaining an integrated public transport system or network for an urban area. Such a system, as described by Stilwell (376), contains both roads designed for vehicular traffic and rail lines; it permits the deployment of busses, trains, subways, and
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