SYNTHESIS OF A STUDY ON THE ANALYSIS, EVALUATION AND SELECTION OF URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS

A summary of a study carried out in 1971 by the Battelle Research Center at the request of Fiat. This study is made up of 8 volumes: (1) Definition of transport demand; (2) Definition of Transport supply; (3) Analysis of linear transport (transport serving several stations along one line); (4) Physiological problems; (5) Proposals by the Battelle Research Center for 4 original linear systems; (6) System selection process based on the functional and operational qualities of the systems; (7) Economic and technical evaluation of the systems; and (8) Project development methods. This document contains 8 chapters, summarizing the contents of the original report.

• Corporate Authors:

  CENTRO STUDI SUI SISTEMI DI TRASPORTO

  ROMA,    
• Publication Date: 1974-9

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 67 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Network analysis; Transportation; Transportation planning; Travel demand; Urban transportation
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099776
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Railway Documentation, Selection of
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 18 1981 12:00AM