TWO METROS OPEN IN EASTERN USA

Some of the features are described of two new metro systems at Miami and Baltimore, USA which each have opened recently. A common car design was imposed on the two cities by UMTA and both have opted for similar design parameters. The prevailing environments in the two cities have however led to key differences in construction, operation and fare collection. Each system has only one line, is opening in two stages and has plans for expansion. Good access to the central business area has been provided in Baltimore by building a 7.2km tunnel across the centre. This has not been possible in Miami due to the high water table and poor ground composition and the metro has therefore to pass around the central area on a viaduct, with consequent loss of access. In order to provide a better service to the central business area a 3km rubber-tyred peoplemover loop line is under construction. Preliminary engineering has been completed for a second peoplemover route in the north of the city. Both systems have a 2-stage automatic train control system, though fare collection techniques differ because of differing public transport policies, Baltimore having a five-zone network with the metro operating in two of the zones, while Miami has a flat fare scheme with an add-on transfer charge. (TRRL)

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  IPC Transport Press Limited

  Quadrant House, The Quandrant
  Sutton, Surrey,   England 
• Publication Date: 1983-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 940-942
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 139
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic control; Automation; Construction; Control; Control devices; Fare collection; Fares; People movers; Rapid transit; Rapid transit cars; Standardization; Subways; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: Baltimore (Maryland); Miami (Florida); United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Operating strategies
• ITRD Terms: 3882: Automatic; 3655: Construction; 3874: Control; 1140: Passenger conveyor; 1181: Rapid transit system; 241: Tariff; 1191: Underground railway; 313: Urban area; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Construction; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00384580
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: SERIAL
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 30 1984 12:00AM