The BRT-LRT dilemma: A public transport users’ and policymakers’ perspective on differences in preferences and perceptions between BRT and LRT

The discussion involving BRT and LRT is well alive among policymakers, who often rely on personal preferences or, as it is called in literature, on “blind commitment” towards one system or the other for their decision-making. The reason for choosing a system according to personal taste is also caused by the unknown preferences that public...

Project: Transferium Utrecht

The Dutch cities of Amsterdam, Den Haag, Rotterdam and Utrecht form the compact „metroloop" popularly referred to as the Randstad, or „Rim City", Europe's densest conurbation. A number of government initiatives have investigated the potential for a high-speed magnetic levitation („maglev") rail system to solve the growing mobility problem in...