PRACTICAL SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS FOR SHORT HEADWAY AUTOMATED TRANSIT SYSTEMS

Continued interest in Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) systems as one solution to urban traffic congestion emphasizes the need for careful consideration of the safety of short headway automated transit systems. Current approaches to the determination of safe headways are reviewed. The reduction in headway which could be achieved by improved braking and signaling hardware is outlined. Improved design of emergency brakes is the most important single factor in the reduction of safe headways. Very short headway systems are reviewed from a safety standpoint. Such systems might be safely operated if operation at intermediate headways (separations on the order of the stopping distance) can be avoided.

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  GORDON AND BREACH SCIENCE PUB.

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• Authors:
  • HINMAN, E J
  • Pitts, G L
• Publication Date: 1973-1

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 219-224
• Serial:
  • Transportation Planning and Technology
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0308-1060
  • Serial URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/gtpt20/current

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Intelligent transportation systems; Personal rapid transit; Safety
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00047881
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 13 1981 12:00AM