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New Transit Modes: Applicability and Current Status
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Abstract
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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Elms, C., "New Transit Modes: Applicability and Current Status," SAE Technical Paper 750214, 1975, https://doi.org/10.4271/750214.Also In
References
- “Dial-A-Bus Manual,” Canadian Ministry of Transportation, Transportation Development Agency Montreal, P.Q., Canada I and II 1974
- “Lea Transit Compendium,” N. D. Lea Transportation Research Corp. Huntsville, Ala. 1 2 3 4 8 1974
- “Lea Transit Compendium,” N. D. Lea Transportation Research Corp. Huntsville, Ala. 1 1 1974