MOVING PEOPLE IN BIG CITIES

This article discusses urban transportation of people. The difficulties of using buses on crowded streets are reviewed and the case is stated for rapid transit systems. Alternative transit systems are reviewed, including monorails.

• Corporate Authors:

  Institution of Mechanical Engineers

  1 Birdcage Walk
  London SW1H 9JJ,   England 
• Authors:
  • Way, R
• Publication Date: 1973-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 9 p.
• Serial:
  • Railway Engineering Journal
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Rapid transit; Technology
• Geographic Terms: London (England); United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Railroads; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00053983
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 20 1981 12:00AM