Source: adapted from R. Tolley and B. Turton (1995), p. 63.

Service Attributes of Urban Transport Modes

Different urban transport systems have different operational speeds and capacities. The car is obviously the least efficient urban transport mode in terms of capacity (between 1,000 and 3,000 persons per hour), but the fastest. Urban transit modes, such as the bus, light transit and urban railway are better fitted for mass urban transportation but at the expense of flexibility in terms of frequency of services and entry points in the transit system.