INNOVATIONAL GUIDEWAY SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY IN EUROPE: NEW PRODUCT AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES. SUMMARY REPORT AND GUIDE

This summary report sets out and highlights the major findings of the investigation which has been fully reported elsewhere. The study covers innovational ground public transport systems that move passengers within and between cities. It is concerned with the "hardware" of the systems and geographically covers western Europe. In chapter 2 there is a lengthy tabulated summary of the various system developments and their status together with information on a number of projects e.g. personal rapid transit, line haul transit and intercity systems. The future prospects for and present trends of the new guideway systems and technology are considered in chapter 3 in the light of relevant factors such as energy, environment, materials and operating costs. The annexes contain a table of contents of the full report, system dossiers on "minitram" and "pendair", and an index. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Ecoplan International

  Transport Research Group, 4 rue de Chevreuse
  Paris,   France 
• Authors:
  • Britton, FEK
• Publication Date: 1975-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 64 p.
• Serial:
  • Volume: 7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Building materials; Carriers; Dual mode vehicles; Elevated guideways; Energy; Environment; Federal government; Freight handling; Future; High occupancy vehicle lanes; Innovation; Intercity transportation; Investments; Line haul; Operating costs; Personal rapid transit; Policy; Public transit; Railroad bridges; Rapid transit; Right of way (Traffic); Sociology; Technology; Transportation; Transportation modes
• Geographic Terms: Europe
• Old TRIS Terms: Future concepts; Haulage; Transportation technology
• ITRD Terms: 1020: Container (freight); 1280: Dual mode vehicle; 213: Energy; 2455: Environment; 8034: Europe; 639: Exclusive right of way; 1152: Future transport mode; 183: Government (national); 388: Inter urban; 4555: Material (constr); 5149: Mechanical handling; 221: Operating costs; 173: Policy; 744: Public transport; 2253: Sociology; 3855: Technology; 1074: Terminus
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Finance; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; Transportation (General); Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00131799
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 5 1981 12:00AM