RUBBER-TIRED RAPID TRANSIT

The results are presented of a technology survey which were carried out in an effort to evaluate the current state-of-the-art in rubber-tired rapid transit. The survey obtained data from transit properties that have had systems operating for a considerable period of time. Information from operating test tracks was included, as well as data from manufacturing plants and research agencies. The characteristics of 19 of the systems surveyed are tabulated. The systems are organized into 3 categories: medium capacity system (U.S.), medium capacity systems (Japan) and high capacity systems (Canada, Mexico, and Japan).

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Based on a paper presented at the 3rd Intersociety Conference on Transportation, Atlanta, Georgia.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers

  Two Park Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10016-5990
• Authors:
  • Sulkin, M A
  • Miller, D R
• Publication Date: 1976-5

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 26-33
• Serial:
  • ASME Journal of Mechanical Engineering
  • Volume: 98
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Manufacturing; Rapid transit; Research; State of the art studies; Surveys; Technology; Test tracks; Tires
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Research; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00139355
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1982 12:00AM