SUMMARY OF CAPITAL AND OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE COST EXPERIENCE OF AUTOMATED GUIDEWAY TRANSIT SYSTEMS COSTS AND TRENDS FOR THE PERIOD 1976-1978. SUPPLEMENT I

This costs supplement is presented in the form of a series of tables and figures which summarize the data obtained as well as the results of analysis. Comments and explanatory notes relative to tables/figures are made where appropriate. Also included herein is information on operating and maintenance and capital costs for bus and rail transit; it indicates how AGT cost experience compares with the conventional modes. This report summarizes operations and maintenance cost experience for the following Automated Guideway Transit systems for the period 1976-1978: Airtrans, Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, Texas; Morgantown People Mover, Morgantown, West Virginia; Satellite Transit System, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Washington; Passenger Shuttle System, Tampa International Airport, Florida; and WEDway People Mover System, Disney World, Florida. Capital cost data on these and the following additional systems are also reviewed: People Mover, Atlanta-Hartsfield International Airport, Georgia; Busch Gardens People Mover, Williamsburg, Virginia; Satellite Transit Shuttle, Miami International Airport, Florida; AGT System, Fairlane Town Center, Dearborn, Michigan; and UMI Tourister AGT System, King's Dominion, Ashland, Virginia.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also report dated Jun 78, PB-294 306.
• Corporate Authors:

  Lea (N. D.) and Associates, Incorporated

  Washington, DC  United States 

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Transportation Systems Center

  55 Broadway, Kendall Square
  Cambridge, MA  United States  02142
• Authors:
  • Cooke, F
  • Elms, C P
  • Muoth, D U
  • Theumer, H A
  • Dooley, T M
• Publication Date: 1979-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 60 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Alternatives analysis; Analysis; Automated guideway transit; Cost estimating; Costs; Financial capital; Maintenance; Operating costs; Rapid transit; Structural design
• Identifier Terms: Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis
• Geographic Terms: Morgantown (West Virginia); Seattle (Washington); Tampa (Florida)
• Old TRIS Terms: Capitalized costs; Rapid transit railways
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Finance; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00313205
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: DOT-TSC-UMTA-79/38
• Contract Numbers: DOT-UT-70090
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 7 1982 12:00AM