NEW TRANSIT MODES: APPLICABILITY AND CURRENT STATUS

A survey of new urban transportation systems around the world reveals that four significant technology classes are presently emerging: Moving Way Transit (MWT), Light Guideway Transit (LGT), Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) and Dial-A-Bus (DAB). The author concludes that LGT a state-of-the-art, that accelerating MWT systems are at an awkward state with respect to the markerplace that high capacity PRT appears to be no less than four years away from state-of-the-art and the DAB systems are operational.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Society of Automotive Engineers Automotive Engineering Congress and Exposition, 24-28 February, 1975 in Detroit, Michigan.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

  400 Commonwealth Drive
  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • Elms, C P
• Publication Date: 1975-2

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 19 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated vehicle control; Energy; Guideways; Mode S; Paratransit services; Personal rapid transit; Rapid transit; State of the art; State of the art studies; Technology; Transportation; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Guided vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Dial-a-bus; Transportation technology
• Subject Areas: Energy; Operations and Traffic Management; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00125830
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 750214
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 5 1981 12:00AM