A new mosaic of modal choices - How train, coach, metro, tram and buses are morphing their modal identities

Technological developments, new operational thinking and changing customer demands are making the established passenger transport modes more interchangeable and less distinguished from each other. New Transit investigates the emergence of a new mix of modal identities.

Like dinosaurs, a lot of people in public transport still remain wedded to a vision comprising a number of discrete modes.  The one they are concerned with themselves is the important one, of course- be it bus, rail or tram for example, and the rest have their acknowledged, but inferior, little world - with even a space maybe reserved in the mobility mix for active travel (foot and bike), boat and plane. But join them up as a seamless boundary-less offer, never!  You can’t mix...

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