Vukan R. Vuchic

Vukan P. Vuchic
Native name Vukan Vučić
Born (1935-01-14) 14 January 1935
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Residence United States
Awards Friedrich Lehner medal,[1] Wilbur S. Smith Award[2]

Vukan R. Vuchic (Serbian: Vukan Vučić, Serbian Cyrillic: Вукан Вучић; born 14 January 1935) is a public transport expert, a professor of the University of Pennsylvania,[3] and a former consultant to the United States Department of Transportation on the planning, design and operation of transport systems. In 1994, he was elected a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.[4]

Public Transport

Vuchic has made a qualified point about the economic value of public transport for cities, assessing the comparative worth of buses, light rail, or rapid transit. He notes that each has a particular urban-geographic setting in which is the better choice. Buses, for instance, are superior to light rail in areas of low density. He contrasts that with rapid transit, which is superior wherever high-capacity, high-speed service is warranted, due to greater population density. Light rail is the optimal solution for transit services of the intermediate kind, being competitive with the automobile where there are space restrictions, but where demand is moderate and high-cost investments are not feasible.

Of particular interest is his study indicating a better economic result for cities with light rail services, compared to those of similar size that had bus services.

Bibliography

  • Vukan R. Vuchic (1981). Urban Public Transportation Systems and Technology. Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0139394966.
  • Vukan R. Vuchic (author of two chapters) (1979). Public Transportation: Planning, Operations and Management. Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0137391691.
  • Vukan R. Vuchic (1999). Transportation for Livable Cities. CUPR/Transaction. p. 376. ISBN 978-0882851617.
  • Vukan R. Vuchic (2005). Urban Transit Operations, Planning and Economics. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0471632658.
  • Vukan R. Vuchic, J. Casello (2007). Transit System Planning. Institute of Transportation Engineers.
  • Vukan R. Vuchic (2007). Urban Transit Systems and Technology. John Wiley & Sons. p. 624. ISBN 978-0-471-75823-5.

References

  1. ↑ Georgia Transportation Institute. "Urban Transportation: Developments and Progress toward Livable Cities". Archived from the original on 2014-10-22. Retrieved 2014-10-22.
  2. ↑ Institute of Transportation Engineers. "Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator Award Recipients" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Homepage for Vukan Vuchic".
  4. ↑ Vukan Vučić, Department of Technical Sciences, Foreign member
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