FOCUS

The designer of any successful commuting system must first define the goals. We believe that many systems fail to establish a clear focus from the start and, at best, result in "doing things right" rather than "doing the right things".

The goals of a rapid mass transit system should be:

• Alleviate traffic congestion
• Increase commuting safety
• Reduce air, water and noise pollution
• Provide transportation for non-drivers
• Be affordable to construct and operate
• Be capable of lasting for many generations of service

In transportation, there exists three levels of commuting:

micro commuting -

- travel between localized destinations (within a few miles) such as home and grocery store or work and lunch cafe

macro commuting -

- travel between semi-localized destinations (between three and thirty miles or so) such as home to work or home to local major shopping mall

regional commuting -

- travel between cities and towns within thirty to two hundred miles of each other