New Transit Modes: Applicability and Current Status

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Elms, C. (Charles), author.

Conference Name:

1975 Automotive Engineering Congress and Exposition (1975-02-24 : Detroit, Michigan, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1975

Summary:

A survey of new urban transportation systems around the world reveals that four significant technology classes are presently emerging: Moving Way Transit (MWT), Light Guideway Transit (LGT), Personal Rapid Transit (PRT), and Dial-A-Bus (DAB).The author concludes that LGT is state-of-the-art, that accelerating MWT systems are at an awkward state with respect to the marketplace, that high capacity PRT appears to be no less than four years away from state-of-the-art and that DAB systems are operational.The general theme of the paper gives the status of development of the technology classes and their applicability and availability to a defined set of urban scenarios

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Publisher Number:

750214

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