IS THERE STILL A FAIR CHANCE FOR THE WITKAR?

KRIJFT WITKAR NOG EEN EERLIJKE KANS?

Witkar, the experimental battery-powered vehicle for intra city travel in Amsterdam, is being hampered by the fact that owing to reconstruction work at this moment only one station can be operated. There are also financial problems. Next year six stations will serve 25 witkars. 105 vehicles and 15 stations will ultimately be available. This article describes the fully automatic operation and payment system and deals with the cost-benefit aspects, according to a recent report on witkar. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Royal Dutch Touring Club ANWB

  Wassenaarseweg 220, P.O. Box 93200
  The Hague,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Visser, Caroline
• Publication Date: 1976-12

Language

• Dutch

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 584-587
• Serial:
  • Verkeerskunde
  • Volume: 27
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: NWB BV/Royal Dutch Touring Club
  • ISSN: 0377-8495
  • Serial URL: http://www.verkeerskunde.nl

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated vehicle control; Automatic control; Automation; Benefit cost analysis; Bus stops; Control; Control devices; Digital computers; Electric automobiles; Electric vehicles; Financing; Payment; Prototypes; Public transit; Reconnaissance; Tariffs; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• Old TRIS Terms: Automated transit system
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Energy; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00153898
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analtyic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 13 1981 12:00AM