caa a22 4500 445890770 CHVBK 20180317145615.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11116-010-9305-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11116-010-9305-x Light rail routing: do goals matter? [Elektronische Daten] [Galit Cohen-Blankshtain, Eran Feitelson] Decisions to fund light rail (LRT) have been critiqued as instrumentally irrational. This paper examines whether the seemingly more technical LRT routing decisions are instrumentally rational. To this end, we test whether routing decisions are made to address goals that are rationally derived from the challenges faced by the urban region. On the basis of a review of the literature, two rationales that underlie most of the stated goals are identified: providing service for the most heavily travelled and congested corridors and inducing development, and subsequently demand, in areas perceived to be underdeveloped or distressed and in areas that have deteriorated. In a survey of key respondents from 16 cities, we find that goals are only weakly correlated with the challenges. While most routes provide service on the most heavily demanded corridors, routing decisions are no less driven by a desire to cut pecuniary and transaction costs. For this reason existing rights of way are often preferred. This is explained by the intertwining of routing and funding decisions. The implications of these findings for evaluation techniques of LRT routes are discussed. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC., 2010 Light rail nationallicence Rational decision making nationallicence Cohen-Blankshtain Galit Department of Geography and School of Public Policy, The Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, 91509, Jerusalem, Israel aut Feitelson Eran Department of Geography, The Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, 91509, Jerusalem, Israel aut Transportation Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 38/2(2011-03-01), 343-361 0049-4488 38:2<343 2011 38 11116 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-010-9305-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-010-9305-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cohen-Blankshtain Galit Department of Geography and School of Public Policy, The Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, 91509, Jerusalem, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Feitelson Eran Department of Geography, The Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, 91509, Jerusalem, Israel aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Transportation Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 38/2(2011-03-01), 343-361 0049-4488 38:2<343 2011 38 11116 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer