EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT OF THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM

PROPOSALS FOR REVOLUTIONARY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS (NOT COMPATIBLE WITH EXISTING SYSTEMS) MUST BE COMPARED NOT WITH TODAY'S SYSTEMS BUT WITH SUCH SYSTEMS AS THEY WOULD BE AT THE APPROPRIATE FUTURE DATE IF WELL MANAGED AND OPERATED TO THE LIMIT OF THEIR CAPABILITIES. THIS PAPER THEN DEALS WITH THE EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF THE HIGHWAY SYSTEM SUCH AS REMOVING SPEED LIMITS AND GROSS WEIGHT LIMITATIONS. IN GENERAL, THE MONEY FOR BETTER OPERATION IS TO BE PUT INTO THE AMORTIZABLE VEHICLE RATHER THAN INTO THE FIXED ROAD SYSTEM; THUS PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET WHAT THEY ARE WILLING TO PAY FOR. IF GOOD MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES ARE FOLLOWED, THE AUTOMOBILE HIGHWAY SYSTEM WILL BE BETTER THAN OTHERS WHICH HAVE BEEN PROPOSED. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Firth, B W
• Publication Date: 1969-1-13

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic control; Gross vehicle weight; Highway transportation; Public transit; Speed limits; Transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation systems
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00225680
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Traffic Systems Reviews & Abstracts
• Report/Paper Numbers: Sae Paper No 690124
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 27 1970 12:00AM