Jane turns to transport . . .
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JANE'S Publishing Company has published the first edition of Jane's Urban Transport Systems (£42.50) which is planned to be an annual publication. It consists of nearly 300 pages (over 12 inches by 81n) with many illustrations and addresses.
The publishers believe this is a good year to start — with crises in city public transport on both sides of the Atlantic. In America, President Reagan plans to phase out all operating assistance to bus and urban rail services within three years. This book provides information on rail systems in 162 cities and bus systems in 298 cities — the Ls alone cover Lagos, Lahore, Lancaster, Lausanne, Liverpool, Lodz, London, Los Angeles, Louisville, Lucerne, Lugano, Luxembourg and Lyons.
The type of information is this — Luxembourg: staff388; routes 22; route length 111km; vehicles five Brossel, two Mercedes/Jonckheere, five Mercedes articulated, 87 Mercedes VOV, 14 MagirusDeutz VOV; four Mercedes minibus; double deck none; om-o all routes; fare collection single ticket on bus, 10-ride ticket issued in advance; fare collection equipment: Almex system F, TEL Ticketron type XT ticket canceller on bus, Multimat Vendor type F at central station; fare structure flat fare; fare evasion control 14 controllers; average distance between stops 300m; average peak-hour speed in mixed traffic, 12km/h; number of passengers (1980) 17.66 million; estimate for 1981,17.7 million; average number boarding daily 48 400; operating deficit: (1980) LFr 298.337 million; method of financing deficit profits from other community services, such as gas, electricity and water supply. Jane's Publishing Company, 238 City Road, London EC1V 2PU.