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CHRONOLOGICAL LISTING OF NEW OR REVISED ITEMS: 1998

Demographic Briefs Index: New & Expanded (981226)

Central City Population from 1890: Birmingham (981226)
Central City Population from 1890: Glasgow (981226)
Central City Population from 1890: Liverpool (981226)
Central City Population from 1890: Manchester (981226)

Central City Population from 1890: Amsterdam (981226)
Central City Population from 1890: Kobenhavn (Copenhagen) (981226)
Central City Population from 1890: Rotterdam (981226)
Central City Population from 1890: Wien (Vienna) (981226)
Central City Population from 1890: Moskva (Moscow) (981226)

Moskva (Moscow) City & Suburban Population: 1950-1990 (981226)
Central City Population from 1890: Sankt Peterburg (St. Petersburg) (981226)
Sankt Peterburg (St. Petersburg) City & Suburban Population: 1950-1990 (981226)
Central City Population from 1890: Tokyo (981226)
Central City Population from 1890: Osaka (981226)

Central City Population from 1890: Montreal (981226)
Central City Population from 1890: Toronto (981226)
Central City Population from 1890: Ottawa (981226)
Central City Population from 1890: Vancouver (981226)
Central City Population from 1890: Buenos Aires (981226)

Buenos Aires City & Suburban Population: 1950-1990
Chicago City & Suburban Population: 1950-1996 (981226)
Central City Population from 1890: Marseille (981226)
Suburbanization Compared from the 1950s: Paris & Philadelphia (981226)
Paris City & Suburban Population: 1954-1991 (981220)

Amsterdam City & Suburban Population: 1950-1992 (981220)
Kobenhavn (Copenhagen) City & Suburban Population: 1960-1992 (981220)
Rotterdam City & Suburban Population: 1950-1992 (981220)
Stockholm City & Suburban Population: 1961-1991 (981220)
Tokyo City & Suburban Population: 1965-1996 (981220)

London City & Suburban Population: 1951-1991 (981220)
Birmingham: 1951-1991 (981220)
Glasgow Population: 1951-1991 (981220)
Liverpool City & Suburban Population: 1951-1991 (981220)
Manchester City & Suburban Population: 1961-1991 (981220)

Montreal City & Suburban Population: 1951-1996 (981220)
Ottawa City & Suburban Population: 1951-1996 (981220)
Toronto City & Suburban Population: 1951-1996 (981220)
Vancouver City & Suburban Population: 1951-1996 (981220)
Detroit City & Suburban Population: 1950-1996 (981220)

New York City City & Suburban Population: 1950-1996 (981220)
Portland City & Suburban Population: 1950-1996 (981220)
St. Louis City & Suburban Population: 1950-1996 (981220)
Seattle City & Suburban Population: 1950-1996 (981220)
Greater London, Inner London, Outer London Population: 1991 & 1996 Added (981220)

Denver Competitively Tendered Paratransit Savings 30 Percent (981218)
Passenger Transport Market Shares: Europe & US: 1996 (981217)
San Francisco Muni Ridership from 1980 (981217)
San Francisco Muni and San Diego MTDB Transit Cost Trends Compared (981217)

Top 50 US Metropolitan Areas (1996) Population from 1950: 4 Tables (981215)
Highway & Motorway Fact Book (981214)
New US Light Rail Volumes Compared to Freeway & Arterial Lanes (981212)
New US Metro (Heavy Rail) Volumes Compared to Freeway & Arterial Lanes (981212)
Book Review: An Empire Wildernees by Robert D. Kaplan (981212)

City of Portland Density Lower than Orange County Suburbs (981207)
Portland Street & Freeway Lanes Carry More Volume than Light Rail (981204)
Highway Use Continues to Escalate in New Urbanist Portland (981202)
Amtrak Subsidies and Profits by Route: 1997 (981202)
London Political Subdivisions: Population: 1951; 1961; 1971; 1981; 1991; 1996 (981202)

"New Urban Rail Not Justified," Engineering News Record Column (981118)
US Rail Referendum Results Updated through November 1998 (981107)
US Interstate Highways with More than 250,000 Daily Traffic Volume: 1996 (981107)
US Interstate Highways with 12 or More Through Lanes: 1996 (981107)
Light Rail Referendum Loses in Portland (981105)

US Metropolitan Areas: Public Transport Service to Population Ratio (981104)
US New Rail Systems Operating & Capital Cost per Passenger Mile (981104)
US Employee Absenteeism Rate by Industry: 1997 (981101)
US Employee Absenteeism Rate by Industry Ranked: 1997 (981101)
Canada: Journey to Work Market Share by Transport Mode (981101)

US 1996 Motorbus Administrative Performance (981101)
US 1996 Motorbus Maintenance Performance (981101)
US Metropolitan Areas Ranked by Change in Population: 1990-6 (981101)
US Intermodal Cost per Passenger Mile 1996 (981025)
US Intermodal Cost per Passenger Mile Rankings: 1996 (981025)

US Trolley Bus Rankings 1996 (981025)
US Commuter Rail Rankings 1996 (981025)
US Motorbus Cost per Passenger Mile (981025)
US Metro (Heavy Rail) Rankings: 1996 (981025)
US Light Rail Rankings: 1996 (981024)

Labor Market Weighted Motor Bus Efficiency (981023)
US Metropolitan Area Public Transport Ridership Trends: 1980-1996: Austin FTA Data Added (981022)
US Public Transport Agency 1996 Performance Ratings: Version #2 (Austin Capital Metro Added) (981021)
6th International Conference on Competitive & Ownership in Public Transport Set for Cape Town (981021)
Letter to Governing Magazine Regarding Urban Rail (981020)

Letter to The Oregonian on Unrelated Subjects of Light Rail and Traffic Congestion (981020)
Letter to USA Today on Downtown Population Growth (981020)
US Public Transport Bus Costs by Size of Agency: 1996 (981020)
US Telephone Costs Since the AT&T Breakup (981014)
Statement to the Florida State Senate Workshop on High Speed Rail (981020)

PUBLIC TRANSPORT AGENCY PERFORMANCE RATINGS: 1996 (981012)
Motor Bus Efficiency & Effectivenes: Introduction & Notes (981012)
Motor Bus Effectiveness (Passenger Miles per Vehicle Mile) (981012)
Motor Bus Efficiency (Cost per Vehicle Hour) (981012)
Motor Bus Combined Performance Ratings (981012)

US Metropolitan Areas with 25 Largest CBDs: Area, CBD and Outside CBD Market Share (981010)
US Metropolitan Areas with 25 Largest CBDs: Total, Auto & Transit Commuter Travel Time (981010)
US Metropolitan Areas with 25 Largest CBDs: Total, Auto & Transit Commuter Income (981010)
US Public Transport & Highway Costs & Revenues per Person Mile From 1960 (981010)

US US Public Transport, Airline & Highway Costs & Subsidies (981010)
US Per Capita Income by Metropolitan Area: 1994-1996 (981008)
US Highway & Street Expenditures & Revenues: 1996 (981008)
Correction Policy, Rights & Permissions (981008)
US Average Government & Private Employee Compensation: 1997 (981005)

Peak Travel into Central London from 1990 (981004)
London Transport Bus Results: Lower Costs & No Subsidies (981004)
Public Transport Ridership & Cost Trends: London & New York (981003)
London Bus & Underground Costs per Passenger from 1985 (981003)
London Transport Ridership Data from 1950: 1997/8 Data Added (981003)

London Transport Bus & Underground Annual Costs from 1985 (981003)
New US Rail Ridership by Downtown Oriented Corridor (981002)
Washington (DC) Work Trip Market Share: Before and After Metrorail (981002)
Letter to US Vice-President on Erroneous Portland Speech Details (981002)
Competitive Tendering & Competitive Contracting Guidelines (981001)

Transit Work Trip Market Share Trends Downward in All New Rail Cities (980929)
The Public Purpose Bookstore (980929)
US Public Transport Ridership & Ridership per Capita: 1970-1996 (980926)
The Public Purpose: Putting an End to the Transit Blackmail (980926)
Urban Transport Fact Book:U.S. Public Transport Labor Issues (980926)

Commuter Rail Market Shares: CBD & Outside: Boston, Chicago, New York & Philadelphia: 1990 (980926)
Atlanta Public Transport Commuting Profile (980926)
Washington (DC) Public Transport Commuting Profile (980926)
Non-CBD Employment Centers: Metropolitan and Public Transport Share (980926)
The Public Purpose: Amtrak, Passenger Rail and Federal Policy: A Return to the Basics (980926)

US METROPOLITAN AREA PUBLIC TRANSPORT RIDERSHIP TRENDS: 1980-1996 9980923)
Ridership: 1980-1996
Per Capita Ridership 1980-1996
Change in Annual Boardings 1980-1996
Ranked by 1996 Ridership
Ranked by 1996 Per Capita Ridership
Ranked by 1980-1996 Change in Per Capita Ridership
Ranked by Change in Annual Boardings 1980-1996

London Population & Population Density History (980914)
Expanded Resume (980914)

New Urban Rail in America: Miniscule Impact on Traffic Congestion (980908)
Press Information (980907)
Cradle of Liberty No More: The Philadelphia Transit Strike (980719)
New York Work Trip Market Share: CBD, City & Suburbs (980703)
Comments on the San Antonio VIA Metropolitan Transit Response (980627)

One Stop Index to The Public Purpose Website (980623)
Annual Street & Highway Growth in Largest US Metropolitan Areas (980623)
Comparison of Annual Traffic Growth Rates to Transit Market Shares by US Metro (980621)
US CBD Employment & Market Share: Major Metropolitan Areas, 1990(980620)
Philadelphia Public Transport Market Share & Personal Income (980618)

Public Transport Market Share in St. Louis (980617)
Public Transport Ridership in St. Louis from 1980 --- New Chart (980617)
Public Transport Ridership in Los Angeles from 1980 --- New Chart (980617)
Wendell Cox to Appear on Jon Caldara Denver Talk Radio Program (980610)
US Western Metropolitan Areas: Work Trip Market Share by Location (980610)

Highway Traffic Growth Faster in Portland than Seattle (980609)
US Highway Fatality Rates by Location & Roadway Type: 1996 (980607)
Portland LRT & Non-LRT Corridors: Freeway Traffic Trends 1985-1996 (980607)
US Cities Above 100,000 Ranked by 1990-1996 Population Change (980605)
US States Ranked by 1997 Population (980605)

US Counties with More than 100,000 Population in 1997 Ranked (980605)
German High Speed Rail Crash Drives Fatality Rate Well Above US Airlines (980603)
Denver Public Transport Commuter Income by Work Location (980530)
Work Trip Market Share: US CBDs: 1990: Brooklyn, Newark, San Jose & Tacoma Added (980529)
Book Review: Transport in Europe (980529)

Work Trip Market Share: US Central Business Districts: 1990: Detroit & Honolulu Added (980529)
US Urbanized Area Individual Population Charts: 1950-1990 (980526)
Light Rail in Minneapolis: A Bridge to Nowhere (980526)
Work Trip Market Share: US Central Business Districts: 1990 (980524)
US CBD Work Trip Market Shares: Rankings by Public Transport Market Share (980524)

Minneapolis-St. Paul Public Transport Information (980524)
Urban Rail Ridership Intensity for 168 World Cities (980522)
Urban Rail Ridership Intensity by Continent & Geographic Area (980522)
Molly Bordonaro Wins Republican Nomination for Oregon 1st District Congress Seat (980520)
US Rural Interstate Fatality Rates Increase Less in States Raising Speed Limits (980517)

Population History: 50 Largest US Cities (Municipalities) from 1850 (980516)
Ranking of 50 Largest US Cities: 1850, 1900, 1950 & 1996 (980516)
City of New York & Boroughs: Population & Density from 1790 (980516)
City of Paris: Population & Population Density from 1890 (980515)
Greater London: Population & Population Density from 1931 (980515)

London Boroughs: Population and Population Density from 1971 (980515)
1995 Estimates Added
Portland Journey to Work Market Share & Travel Time by Mode (980512)
Amtrak, Passenger Rail and Federal Policy: A Return to the Basics (980512)
Non-Java Home Page for Faster Loading (980509)

The Predominance of Highways in US (& European) Transport (980506)
VIA San Antonio Opportunity Analysis: Text (980505)
Government Employment Fact Book (980422)
Comparison of State & Local Government Wage Increases to Private Sector: 1980-1995 (980422)
Ranking: State & Local Govt Wage Increase % Relative to Private Sector: 1980-1995 (980422)

Ranking: State & Local Govt Wage Annual Increases Relative to Private Sector: 1980-1995 (980422)
Ranking: Excess Cost of State & Local Govt Wage Increases Above Private Sector: 1995 (980422)
Book Review: The Future Once Happened Here (980422)
Annotated Journal Sentinel Coverage of Light Rail in Milwaukee (980422)
Notice to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Readers (980422)

Light Rail in Milwaukee Wisconsin Policy Research Institute (980405)
Rescuing Transit in Chicago: Redirecting CTA to Serve Customers First (980405)
US Passenger Transport Productivity by Mode: 1970-1995 (980316)
Estimated Public Transport Market Share in US Metropolitan Areas: 1995 (980314)
US Public Transport Usage, Service Intensity & Productivity by Metro Area (980313)

1996 Average Compensation, US Private and Government Employees (980312)
Critique of New Florida High Speed Rail Ridership Forecasts (980307)
Correction of Misleading US Government Federal-Private Pay Comparison (980223)
US Competitive Tendering Savings: Minneapolis-St. Paul Data Added (980218)
Los Angeles Places "Indefinite Hold" on Rail Construction (980206)

60 Percent Less Competitive on Fares, Fla High Speed Rail Ups Ridership Projection (980204)
World Urban Areas Over One Million Population: 1996 (980131)
Web Site Map (Outline) (980131)
Competitive Tendering of Public Transport: Index
Demographic Briefs & Urban Policy Index (980131)

US Trade Union Market Share Drops to 95 Year Low (980130)
US Public Transport Costs: Competitive & Non-Competitive by Metro (980125)
Top 85 World Urbanized Areas 1985: Population, Land Area & Density (980121)
ISTEA's Proposed TIFIA: The Next S&L Style Bailout? (980115)
Portland Ranks Last Among Western Urban Areas in Density Trend (980115)

Large Infrastructure Project Forecasts: Major Inaccuracies (980115)
US Public Transport Subsidies From 1960 (980115)
Florida High Speed Rail Document Index (980115)
Urbanized Areas Ranked by Change in Density of Development: 1980-1990 (981115)
US Urbanized Areas: 1990 Densities Ranked Within Regions (980115)

US Public Transport Work Trip Market Share: 1960-1990 Metro Areas (980110)
US Public School & Private Schools Compared (980106)
Florida High Speed Rail: Tax Financed Junk Bonds (980102)

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