Urban Transit for Livable Cities

References and Bibliography

References

Most materials in this course are based on Vuchic’s Transit Trilogy, referred to as “VB1-3“
(Vuchic Books 1-3):

1. VB1 Vuchic, Vukan R., 2007, Urban Transit Systems and Technology; John Wiley & Sons;
618 pages. Translated into Japanese, Serbian and Turkish.

2. VB2 Vuchic, Vukan R., 2005, Urban Transit Operations, Planning and Economics; John
Wiley & Sons; 660 pages. Translated into Chinese 2012, Turkish 2016.

3. VB3 Vuchic, Vukan R. 1999, Transportation for Livable Cities, Center for Urban Policy
Research, Rutgers University; 376 pages. Translated into Russian 2011, Turkish 2015;
Georgian 2021.

The table below shows where major materials for each edX Section (1-8) are found in the
Trilogy books (VB1-3).
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edX Section VB1 Chapters VB2 Chapters VB3 Chapters
1 1, 2, 3, 4 1 1, 2, 3, 4
2 5 4
3 6, 7, 8 4, 5,
4 6, 7, 8
5 6, 7, 8
6 6, 7, 8, 9 5
7 10 10, 11, 12 6, 7, 8
8 10 10, 11, 12 6, 7, 8
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