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Localización de puntos de transferencia para transporte urbano y suburbano. Una alternativa metodológica para el caso de la Zona Urbana Toluca, México

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The present work contains a terminals location proposal for urban and suburban transportation of Toluca city urban area, wich was elaborated as follows: 1. Conceptualization of terminals or transfer points, as a transportation infrastructure component. 2. Identification and analysis, under a systems approach, of the main variables that affect terminals location for urban transportation: land use with regard to population density and urban center activities; origins and destinations of transportation service; location and characteristicis of arterial streets; location of existing spontaneous transfer points. 3. Proposition of eight urban and suburban transportation terminals and its evaluation through the multiple criteria technique and final proposal of five transfer points in hierarchical order according to adopted criteria

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