URBAN RAPID RAIL VEHICLE AND SYSTEMS PROGRAM

THE REPORT REVIEWS THE SECOND YEAR'S EFFORTS OF THE URBAN MASS TRANSPORTATION ADMINISTATION'S URBAN RAPID RAIL VEHICLE AND SYSTEMS PROGRAM. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO ENHANCE THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF RAIL RAPID TRANSIT TO THE URBAN TRAVELER BY PROVIDING HIM WITH TRANSIT VEHICLES THAT ARE AS COMFORTABLE, RELIABLE, SAFE AND ECONOMICAL AS POSSIBLE. REVIEW OF THE BART PROTOTYPE TESTING HAS BEEN COMPLETED. THE STATE-OF-THE-ART CAR (SOAC) WAS DELIVERED AND TESTED AT THE HIGH SPEED GROUND TEST CENTER. THE FULL-SCALE SOAC MOCKUP HAS BEEN EXHIBITED IN SEVERAL CITIES. THE DESIGN AND SPECIFICATION DEVELOPMENT PHASE OF THE ADVANCED CONCEPT TRAIN (ACT-1) WAS COMPLETED. /NTIS/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract DOT-UT-10007 Rept DI74-10021-1
• Corporate Authors:

  Boeing Vertol Company

  Surface Transportation Systems Department, P.O. Box 16858
  Philadelphia, PA  United States  19142
• Publication Date: 1973-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 70 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Economic factors; Energy resources; Factor analysis; Human factors; Railroad cars; Rapid transit; Urban transportation
• Identifier Terms: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
• Uncontrolled Terms: Energy crisis
• Subject Areas: Design; Economics; Energy; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224601
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Annual Rpt
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 24 1974 12:00AM