COLD WEATHER TRANSIT TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM. VOLUME 7: LIGHTWEIGHT TRANSIT VEHICLE TRACTION PERFORMANCE ON ICE AND SNOW

This report describes traction tests of a lightweight transit test vehicle performed as part of the Cold Weather Transit Technology (CWTT) program of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration. The objective of the program is to develop new and more effective methods for assuring the dependable operation of urban mass transit systems in severe winter weather conditions. The findings of this program are intended to assist administrators, designers, planners, operators, suppliers, and others involved in the design, implementation, and operation of mass transit systems which operate in cold weather environments. This report documents the performance of a half-scale, lightweight vehicle operated over a range of ice and snow conditions on rubber tires and steel wheels and performed under Phase I of the CWTT program.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 8, PB82-256496. Sponsored in part by Notre Dame Univ., IN.
• Corporate Authors:

  Vought Corporation

  Systems Division, P.O. Box 5907
  Dallas, TX  United States  75222

  Notre Dame University

  Notre Dame, Indiana,   United States  46556

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Albach, W C
  • HALL, V W
  • Randolph Jr, D G
  • Schell, G P
• Publication Date: 1982-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 66 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated guideway transit; Cold weather; Guideways; Ice; Intra airport transit; Light vehicles; Performance evaluations; Rapid transit; Snow; Testing; Tires; Traction; Vehicle weight; Wheels
• Identifier Terms: Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
• Old TRIS Terms: Airtrans; Guideway systems; Rapid transit railways
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00365504
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-IN-06-0009-82-7Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-UMTA-IN-06-0009
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 30 1983 12:00AM