CRUSWAY

CRUSWAY is a simple dual-mode transit system as personal and as convenient as the automobile. It has the capacity to handle downtown traffic and yet is cheap enough for network coverage in the suburbs. Highlights of its features and performance are as follows: (a) way- elevated, enclosed, continual flow; (b) vehicles-minicars to bicycles, personally owned and driven; (c) user spectrum-senior citizens to school children; (d) network spacing-1 to 2 blocks in the center city and 2 to 4 blocks in the suburbs; (e) trip speed-24 to 32 km/h (15 to 20 mph)compared to 16 to 32 km/h (10 to 20 mph) for the urban automobile and 11 to 16 km/h (7 to 10 mph) for bus or subway; (f) capacity-7200 vehicles/hour in a 2.4-m (8-ft) way compared to 4000 vehicles/hour in a 6-lane street; (g) cost-$312 500/km ($500 000/mile) or 5 to 8 cents/passenger-km (3 to 5 cents/passenger-mile) with above network spacing; (h) fuel economy-about 210 passenger-km/liter (500 passenger-miles/gal) of fuel at the power station, and (i) noise and pollution-negligible. Because it provides a service like that of the automobile with far better economy, CRUSWAY has the potential to attract most urban travelers and ultimately to eliminate the automobile noise, pollution, and congrestion in cities and to reduce our national oil consumption by about 30 percent. /Author/

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  • This paper appears in Dual Mode Transportation, which is a publication containing the proceedings of a conference conducted by the Transportation Research Board, May 29-31, 1974. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board (TRB)

  Washington, DC   
• Authors:
  • Howells, Paul W
  • Lederer, Edwin H
  • Lothes, Robert N
• Conference:
  • Conference on Dual-Mode Transportation
  • Location: Washington District of Columbia, United States
  • Date: 1974-5-29 to 1974-5-31
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: p 37
• Monograph Title: Dual-mode transportation
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 170
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Dual mode transportation systems; Fuel consumption; Performance; Pollution; Sound level; Speed; Suburbs; Urban areas; User benefits
• Old TRIS Terms: Crusway transit system
• Subject Areas: Energy; Environment; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00149235
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 15 1977 12:00AM