SERVICE ANALYSIS OF TUBE VEHICLE SYSTEMS

The report describes an analysis of the service characteristics, cost and performance of Tube Vehicle Systems operating within the Northeast Corridor of the United States in the 1975 to 1985 time frame. The basis of the study is the TRANSOP computer program which, as described, searches for optimal service policies for high speed ground transportation modes in competition with automobile, bus, conventional air and new technology air modes. Included in the report is a description of the TVS model used in the program, the mathematical basis for the optimization, and the results of the applications of the program to the TVS service design. The results indicate that, with the assumptions and approximations employed in the model, the improved travel opportunities attendant with the introduction of the TVS technology in the Northeast Corridor do not provide sufficient revenue to cover the costs of implementing TVS. (Author)

• Record URL:
  https://railroads.dot.gov/elibrary/service-analysis-tube-vehicle-systems
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Report on High-Speed Ground Transportation Systems Engineering Study.
• Corporate Authors:

  TRW Systems Group

  One Space Park
  Redondo Beach, CA  United States  90278
• Publication Date: 1969-12

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 73 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic analysis; Intelligent transportation systems; Pneumatic conveyors
• Geographic Terms: Northeast Corridor; Northeastern United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems; Tube vehicles
• Subject Areas: Economics; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00039200
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: 06818-W006-RO-00 Final Rpt
• Contract Numbers: DOT-C-353-66
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 24 1972 12:00AM