THE ASSESSMENT OF AN AIR-SUPPORTED AND PROPELLED URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEM
The results are reported of a one-year study intended to assess the usefulness of a new transport technology; that of an urban air-supported and propelled system. The technology is described and its qualitative and quantitative assessment is reported in both absolute and comparative terms. It is concluded that the proposed system has several features which make its application unlikely; in particular there are safety problems, and there is no positive evidence that overall costs would be lower than existing competing modes in conventional circumstances. As a result it is not recommended that any further development of the technology should take place. The report is written as an account of the work undertaken. In this way it provides a guide to the process for future studies of this type. (Author)
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Corporate Authors:
Cranfield Institute of Technology, England
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Authors:
- SLEVIN, R
- Publication Date: 1972-12
Media Info
- Pagination: 115 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Intelligent transportation systems; Tracked air cushion vehicles
- Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems
- Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00056942
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: Cranfield-CTS-1 Final Rpt
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 31 1974 12:00AM