Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1975

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Sanford, Donald G.

Abstract

This is a study of intraurban rail rapid transit systems in relation to possible implications for an urban area over a period of 250 years. Two digital computer simulation models using the DYNAMO computer language are integrated to explore the results of assumed relationships between intraurban rail rapid transit usage and an urban area under highly pure conditions that are also assumed. One computer simulation model is developed for use as a rail rapid transit sector with Forrester's urban model and is then integrated with the urban model as a sector. The conclusions reached in the study are related to the simulation results and state that an intraurban rail rapid transit system may serve as a catalyst for an urban area's revival under conditions where it is used in place of automobiles to a high degree. However, it is also concluded that the rail transit usage may need to be accompanied by other specific policies in order to produce any tangible long run changes in the urban area equilibrium conditions.

Extent

60 p.

Comments

College for Design and Social Inquiry|Thesis (M.P.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1975.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|College for Design and Social Inquiry

Identifier

FADT13725

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