TY - JOUR
T1 - A postmortem analysis of the los angeles county metropolitan transportation authority's 20-year long-range plan
AU - Rubin, Thomas A.
AU - Moore, James E.
AU - Lee, Shin
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - After spending or committing almost $7 billion on light and heavy rail lines, the Board of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has voted to suspend most rail construction. This is an analysis of the current MTA long-range 20-year plan, "A PLAN FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY: Transportation for the 21st Century," adopted March 1995. The plan is inconsistent with federal planning requirements. Performance indicators described in the plan are skewed in favor of rail in part because the plan accounts only for local costs in cost-effectiveness calculations. The plan does not evaluate reasonable alternatives to rail lines, avoiding discussion of lower cost options. We conclude that the Los Angeles rail plan was never realistic. The plan was crafted to justify the decision to build the Los Angeles rail system and not to guide, inform, or improve this decision.
AB - After spending or committing almost $7 billion on light and heavy rail lines, the Board of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has voted to suspend most rail construction. This is an analysis of the current MTA long-range 20-year plan, "A PLAN FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY: Transportation for the 21st Century," adopted March 1995. The plan is inconsistent with federal planning requirements. Performance indicators described in the plan are skewed in favor of rail in part because the plan accounts only for local costs in cost-effectiveness calculations. The plan does not evaluate reasonable alternatives to rail lines, avoiding discussion of lower cost options. We conclude that the Los Angeles rail plan was never realistic. The plan was crafted to justify the decision to build the Los Angeles rail system and not to guide, inform, or improve this decision.
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U2 - 10.1177/1087724X9933002
DO - 10.1177/1087724X9933002
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34248095762
SN - 1087-724X
VL - 3
SP - 187
EP - 206
JO - Public Works Management and Policy
JF - Public Works Management and Policy
IS - 3
ER -
