PRT - SEARCH FOR A DEFINITION

Although there is still a large amount of controversy on the subject, "Personal Rapid Transit" appears to be a sound concept. Morgantown, West Virginia, and the Dallas-Fort Worth airport system, are presently the only operating prototypes; Morgantown is still experimental but Dallas-Fort Worth airport is now in revenue service. The article describes the other plans that are presently considered for PRT in North America.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/07362064
• Corporate Authors:

  Cahners Publishing Company, Incorporated

  5 South Wabash Avenue
  Chicago, IL  United States  60603
• Authors:
  • Shaffer, R E
• Publication Date: 1975-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 42-44
• Serial:
  • Modern Railroads
  • Volume: 30
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: K-III Press, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0736-2064

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated guideway transit; Demonstration projects; Fuel consumption; Personal rapid transit; Productivity; Rapid transit cars; Traffic congestion; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Identifier Terms: Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
• Uncontrolled Terms: Time savings
• Geographic Terms: Morgantown (West Virginia)
• Old TRIS Terms: Automated guideway systems
• Subject Areas: Energy; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099208
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Canadian National Railways, Headquarters Library
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 27 1982 12:00AM