GM CONSIDERS JITNEYS FOR FUTURISTIC DEMAND-RESPONSIVE, DUAL MODE TRANSIT SYSTEM

GENERAL MOTORS HAS CONCEPTUALIZED A DUAL MODE TRANSIT SYSTEM AND WON AN UMTA DESIGN STUDY COATRACT FOR IT. THEIR CONCEPT IS TO PROVIDE FRONT WHEEL DRIVE JITNEYS TWENTY SIX FEET LONG AND EIGHT FEET WIDE WITH A LOW FLOOR LINE FOR EASY ENTRY. THE VEHICLE WOULD PICK UP PASSENGERS IN A SUBURBAN AREA, ENTER A GUIDEWAY MODE INTERCHANGE WHERE IT WOULD UNDERGO DIAGNOSTIC INSPECTION AND THEN MOVE INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA DOWNTOWN AREA AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLED BY THE GUIDEWAY. VEHICLE ALLOCATION, ROUTING AND SCHEDULING WOULD BE PREFORMED BY TOWN LEVEL COMMUNICATION CENTERS. MUCH OF THE TECHNOLOGY TO IMPLEMENT THIS SYSTEM IS ALREADY AVAILABLE.

• Publication Date: 1973-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 19-7
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering, Inst Traffic Engr
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue Number: 3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated vehicle control; Commuting; Dual mode transportation systems; Guideways; Jitneys; Technology; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Guided vehicles
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224555
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 15 1981 12:00AM