MODES OF TRANSPORTATION: SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON URBAN TRANSPORTATION

AN INVENTORY OF MODES OF URBAN TRANSPORTATION CLASSIFIED BY VEHICLE TYPES, WITH SUBCLASSES BY GUIDEWAY WHERE APPLICABLE, IS GIVEN. OVER 100 VEHICLE SYSTEMS WHICH HAVE BEEN DEMONSTRATED, OR ARE CURRENTLY OPERATED, ARE DESCRIBED AND REFERENCED. IN ADDITION, 124 PROPOSED SYSTEMS ARE LISTED. A BACKGROUND ON VEHICLE PERFORMANCE AND AN EXTENSIVE APPENDIX ON RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEMS IS INCLUDED. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No 2, 146 PP, FIGS, TABS, REFS, APP
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  1801 Alexander Bell Drive
  Reston, VA  United States  20191-4400
• Authors:
  • Solomon, R J
  • Silien, J S
  • Holden, W H
• Publication Date: 1968-8

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Journal of the Urban Transportation Corp
  • Publisher: N/A

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Classification; Inventory; Mode choice; Mode S; Urban transportation; Vehicle performance; Vehicles
• Old TRIS Terms: Modal selection
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00241487
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 1 2003 12:00AM