AGT EXPERIENCE, STATUS AND PROSPECTS: LOCAL PLANNING AND THE SUPPLIER INDUSTRY

This report is one of a series prepared in the Automated Transportation Appraisal Project to evaluate the impacts of the implementation of automated guideway transportation (AGT) systems on their local areas and on the industry which supplies them. The two foci of this report are: -- the lessons which can be learned from the local experiences in carrying out AGT planning activities as part of the Downtown People Mover (DPM) Demonstration Program from 1975 to 1981. -- the changing status of the firms supplying AGT systems in the United States--the AGT industry--and the future prospects of this industry. These foci form the subject matter of the two major sections of this report. The first section presents general conclusions based on extensive interviews held with participants and observers of the planning process in Cleveland, Houston, Los Angeles, and St. Paul. City-specific reports on the planning contexts, histories, and evaluations appear in Appendices A through D. The second major section represents an assessment of the AGT industry at the present time in the light of interviews held with representatives of nine potential, past, and/or present firms participating in this industry; as well as on information available from corporate annual reports and from the business and financial press. Reports on the specific firms interviewed and their involvement in AGT and related industries are included as Appendices E through K.

• Corporate Authors:

  Cambridge Systematics, Incorporated

  100 Cambridge Park Drive, Suite 400
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02140

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  Office of SocioEconomic and Special Projects
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Neumann, L
  • Ruiter, E
• Publication Date: 1983-12

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated guideway transit; Case studies; Central business districts; Cost effectiveness; Demonstration projects; Financial capital; Forecasting; Institutional issues; Local government agencies; People movers; Suppliers; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Local agencies
• Old TRIS Terms: Demonstration programs
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00386305
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-IT-06-0177-83-1Intrm Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: DOT-UT-90074
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 30 1984 12:00AM