APPRECIATION OF THE POTENTIALITIES AND LIMITATIONS OF COMPUTERIZED CONTROL OF LINEAR TRANSIT SYSTEMS

The paper considers the theory of safe stopping on a trackway and the problem of station delay accretion from the viewpoint of control requirements and performance. It is shown that existing control methods relying on trackside-sensing equipment only is limited in scope and requires on-board supplementation if substantial headway reduction is to be achieved. A control equation is suggested similar to that used in practice by car-drivers which should allow this reduction to be achieved using existing technology.

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Engineering

  Sydney,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • Brain, R R
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 130-134

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic train stop system; Control devices; Headways; Traffic signal control systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Signal systems
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00127635
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proc Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 16 1981 12:00AM