AN EVALUATION OF INTERMEDIATE-CAPACITY TRANSIT TECHNOLOGY

In recent times considerable effort has been made to develop and apply new or existing transit technology to provide capacity in the 6,000 to 20,000 persons per hour per direction range. Technologies in this range have been termed intermediate-capacity transit systems (ICTS) and include such systems as light rail transit, personal rapid transit, light guideway transit, etc. Typically these systems cost approximately one-third to one-half that of heavy rapid transit on a per-mile basis. The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework in which ICTS can be evaluated for a given city.

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  Printerhall Limited

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• Authors:
  • Finn, N
  • MORRALL, J
• Publication Date: 1974-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 6 p.
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 15
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Energy; Environmental impacts; Evaluation; Level of service; Light rail transit; Passenger comfort; Personal rapid transit; Rapid transit; Speed; Systems analysis; Technology; Transportation; Transportation planning; Travel time; Urban transportation; Vehicle capacity
• Old TRIS Terms: Intermediate rapid transit; Transportation system analysis; Transportation technology
• Subject Areas: Energy; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00083929
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 2 1981 12:00AM