THE MOD: A MODULAR URBAN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

The MOD is described as an urban transportation system which is based on a very small, two-passenger automotive rental vehicle using existing city roadways at the exclusion of the private passenger car. The proposed units of the MOD system have an empty weight of 300 pounds and have provisions for easy vertical parking. The MOD system is proposed as a self-supporting operation, run by private enterprise as a public utility. The urban transportation offered by the MOD system generates the set of institutional problems involved in proposals which exclude the private passenger car from the city. /Author/

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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• Authors:
  • Protopapa, S
• Publication Date: 1974-11

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 805-810
• Serial:
  • IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Compact automobiles; Modular structures; Parking; Private enterprise; Private transportation; Public utilities; Technological innovations; Traffic restraint; Urban transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Mod; New systems
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00082724
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 26 1981 12:00AM