Public Transport Planning and Management in Developing Countries

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Public Transport Planning and Management in Developing Countries

Table 3.3: Classification of Urban Public Transportation Modes by ROW

Category and Technology

ROW/

Technology

Highway

Driver Steered

Rubber-Tired

Guided, Partially

Guided

Rail Specialized

C Paratransit

Shuttle bus

Regular bus

(on street)

Trolley bus Streetcar/Tramway/

Cable car

Ferryboat

Hydrofoil

B Bus rapid

transit (BRT)

Guided bus Light rail transit (cog railway)

A Bus on bus

bay only

Rubber-tired

metro Rubber-

tired monorail

Automated guided

transit (AGT)

PRT

Light rail Rapid

rail Rapid transit/

metro regional/

commuter rail

monorail schwebe-

bahn

Cog railw