PERSONAL RAPID TRANSIT--MORGANTOWN, W. VA.

Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) is a relatively new transportation mode, offering passengers a direct, non-stop, origin/destination ride, on demand. Development has taken various forms, and still continues at a considerable pace with intense interest. The first full operational PRT system in the world is at Morgantown, W. Va., and is described in detail. Some observations are offered on capital and recurrent costs, and means of meeting them through revenue.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the 6th SAMPE National Technology Conference, Dayton, Ohio. October 8-10, 1974.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society for Advance of Material & Processing Eng

  Box 613
  Azusa, CA  United States  91702
• Authors:
  • Cunliffe, J P
• Conference:
  • Presented at the 6th SAMPE National Technology Conference, Dayton, Ohio. October 8-10, 1974.
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 36-45

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Costs; Intelligent transportation systems; Personal rapid transit; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis
• Geographic Terms: Morgantown (West Virginia)
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems
• Subject Areas: Finance; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00125805
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 18 1982 12:00AM