Some historical forms of public transport include the stagecoach, traveling a fixed route between coaching inns, and the horse-drawn boat carrying paying passengers, which was a feature of European canals from their 17th-century origins. Ferries appear in Greek mythology-corpses in ancient Greece were buried with a coin underneath their tongue to pay the ferryman Charon to take them to Hades. History Early trolley car in Newton, MassachusettsĬonveyances designed for public hire are as old as the first ferries, and the earliest public transport was water transport: on land people walked (sometimes in groups and on pilgrimages, as noted in sources such as the Bible and The Canterbury Tales) or (at least in Eurasia and Africa) rode an animal. Because of the reduced emissions and other environmental impacts of using public transportation over private transportation, many experts have pointed to an increased investment in public transit as an important climate change mitigation tactic. Major cities such as Toronto, Paris, Chicago, and London have seen this decline and have attempted to intervene by cutting fares and encouraging new modes of transportation, such as e-scooters and e-bikes. A number of sources attribute this trend to the rise in popularity of remote work, ride-sharing services, and car loans being relatively cheap across many countries.
In recent years, some high-wealth cities have seen a decline in public transport usage. It has 3,400 members from 92 countries from all over the globe. The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) is the international network for public transport authorities and operators, policy decision-makers, scientific institutes and the public transport supply and service industry. While countries in the Old World tend to have extensive and frequent systems serving their old and dense cities, many cities of the New World have more sprawl and much less comprehensive public transport. In Europe, both state-owned and private companies predominantly operate mass transit systems.įor geographical, historical and economic reasons, differences exist internationally regarding the use and extent of public transport. In North America, municipal transit authorities most commonly run mass transit operations. In Asia, profit-driven, privately owned and publicly traded mass transit and real estate conglomerates predominantly operate public transit systems. Urban public transit differs distinctly among Asia, North America, and Europe. Paratransit is sometimes used in areas of low demand and for people who need a door-to-door service. Share taxis offer on-demand services in many parts of the world, which may compete with fixed public transport lines, or complement them, by bringing passengers to interchanges. However, most public transport trips include other modes of travel, such as passengers walking or catching bus services to access train stations. Most public transport systems run along fixed routes with set embarkation/disembarkation points to a prearranged timetable, with the most frequent services running to a headway (e.g.: "every 15 minutes" as opposed to being scheduled for any specific time of the day). High-speed rail networks are being developed in many parts of the world. Public transport between cities is dominated by airlines, coaches, and intercity rail. There is no rigid definition of which kinds of transport are included, and air travel is often not thought of when discussing public transport-dictionaries use wording like "buses, trains, etc." Examples of public transport include city buses, trolleybuses, trams (or light rail) and passenger trains, rapid transit (metro/subway/underground, etc.) and ferries. Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typically managed on a schedule, operated on established routes, and that charge a posted fee for each trip.
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