PROCEEDINGS-CONFERENCE ON AUTOMATED GUIDEWAY TRANSIT TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT

Twenty-eight papers were presented by experts from government and industry on system operations, passenger security, vehicle control and reliability, guideway and station structures, all-weather operation, ride comfort, deployed system assessments, automated highways, and developments in Canada, France and West Germany. The formal presentation of papers was followed by working sessions in the areas of system operations, vehicle systems and reliability, safety and security, wayside systems and all-weather operation, innovative transit, and social and economic factors. This report contains the proceedings of the conference.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of conference, Held at Cambridge, MA. on Feb 28-Mar 2, 1978.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  Office of Tech Development & Deployment, 400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1978-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 614 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Automated guideway transit; Control devices; Costs; Meetings; Operations; Passenger security; Passenger vehicles; Persons by socioeconomic levels; Planning; Railroad stations; Rapid transit; Reliability; Safety; Safety engineering; Socioeconomic factors; Technology; Technology assessment
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis
• Geographic Terms: Canada; Europe; France; Germany; United States
• Old TRIS Terms: Operations planning; Rapid transit railways
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Finance; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00186850
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-TSC-UMTA-78-28, UMTA-MA-06-0048-78-1
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 27 1982 12:00AM