A TRANSIT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR DOWNTOWN ALEXANDRIA

The proposed regional Metro-rail system, currently under construction in the metropolitan Washington area, is planned through the City of Alexandria, with two stations located approximately one mile west of the downtown. This paper reports on the investigation of the real need for a transit distributor system, connecting the downtown with the two Metro-stations and an evaluation of the different available "genertic" types of transit systems in the context of the demand. The study shows that there is indeed a demand for such a distributor system that can be quantified using modeling techniques. /GMRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Intersociety Conference on Transportation, July 14-18, 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers

  Two Park Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10016-5990
• Authors:
  • Khasnabis, S
  • Picard, J G
  • Mann, W E
• Publication Date: 1975-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 11 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Demand responsive transportation; Mathematical models; Physical distribution; Public transit; Railroad stations; Railroad transportation; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Distribution systems; Models
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00153269
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ASME No. 75-ICT-10
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1981 12:00AM