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Zürich model is a name used to refer to the approach which permitted the public transportation system of the city of [[Zurich]] in [[Switzerland]] to achive and maintain a high market share. Many other cities have emulated elements of it, espcially when new tram systems were being introduced. |
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==Pre-history== |
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Revision as of 13:12, 10 August 2006
Zürich model is a name used to refer to the approach which permitted the public transportation system of the city of Zurich in Switzerland to achive and maintain a high market share. Many other cities have emulated elements of it, espcially when new tram systems were being introduced.
Pre-history
In the 1960s, Zürich was planning to move many of the tram lines in its central area into tunnels. This project was rejected in a referendum. In the 1970s, a project to create an underground railway was similarly rejected.
Despite the failures of these attempts to provide Zürich with a state of the art transportation system, public transporattion in Zürich maintains a high modal split. This was achaived through the optimisation of the existing system.
Elements of the model
A dense network providing many direct connections.
High priorities at intersections.
Low impact of road congestion on operations.