ON THE OPERATION OF AUTOMATED GROUND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, PART I: URBAN PROBLEMS AND PERSPECTIVES

The author presents and evaluates several approaches to the operation of automated ground transport systems for urban use. Since these systems have been suggested principally in response to urban traffic congestion problems and are often proposed as solutions to such problems, the author discusses in this paper (the first in a series of three) urban transportation problems and their origins. He identifies as principal elements the institutional structure, urban geography, and design of facilities for automotive transport. He suggests six potential applications for automated transport systems. These applications range from specialized single-link "horizontal elevators" to general-purpose wide-area networks.

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• Authors:
  • GODFREY, M B
• Publication Date: 1973-2

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 1-6
• Serial:
  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • Volume: VT22
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • ISSN: 0018-9545
  • Serial URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=25

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Control systems; Dual mode transportation systems; Intelligent transportation systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00057562
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: High Speed Ground Transportation Journal
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 6 1974 12:00AM