STANDARDS FOR LIGHT RAPID TRANSIT CARS

Growing interest in intermediate-capacity forms of urban transport has caused many cities to search for light rapid transit vehicles based on tramcar technology. The author shows how two parallel streams of development, based on the American PCC concept and the European articulated car, have come together in the Boston/San Francisco design.

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• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Transport Press, Limited

  Dorset House, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Authors:
  • Walker, P J
• Publication Date: 1973-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 129
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Light rail transit; Light rail vehicles; Rapid transit; Streetcars
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047486
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1981 12:00AM