A COMPARISON OF TWO URBAN PEOPLE MOVER SYSTEMS - MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA AND KOBE, JAPAN
Urban areas in advanced countries worldwide are experiencing increasing road congestion caused by rising car ownership levels and the subsequent use of the private car. The concomitant adverse spatial, social and environmental effects: pollution, community segregation, land requirements are acute. Two people mover systems in 'true' urban areas are: the Morgantown West Virginia system and the Kobe City Port Line system. The former started operation in 1975 and has operated continuously since 1979 while the Kobe system has been in operation since 1981 until the 1995 Kobe earthquake. The two systems are analyzed and evaluated from interviews and annual reports and other statistical data to highlight the systems and vehicles, passenger demand, costs and revenue results, management structures and the learning curve associated with these particular urban systems.
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Corporate Authors:
American Society of Civil Engineers
1801 Alexander Bell Drive
Reston, VA United States 20191-4400 -
Authors:
- Jones, TSM
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Conference:
- Sixth International Conference on Automated People Movers (APMs)
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
- Date: 1997-4-9 to 1997-4-12
- Publication Date: 1997
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 168-182
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Costs; Management; Passenger handling; People movers; Revenues; Ridership; Systems analysis; Urban transit
- Geographic Terms: Japan; West Virginia
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00768051
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0784402892
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 30 1999 12:00AM