AUTOMATED GUIDEWAY TRANSIT SOCIO-ECONOMIC RESEARCH PROGRAM FINDINGS, 1976-1979

This report summarizes initial findings from the ongoing AGT Socio-Economic Research Program of the UMTA. The program addresses the operational performance, social, economic, environmental, and institutional issues associated with AGT technology to determine where and under what conditions AGT will prove to be a feasible urban public transportation mode. The report includes: (1) a review of empirically-based assessment data on the performance, costs, and public acceptability of operational AGT systems; (2) an analysis of urban AGT feasibility concentrating on AGT ridership potential and associated costs relative to other public transportation modes; (3) an investigation of potential socio-economic and environmental impacts of urban AGT deployment; and (4) an analysis of the nature and magnitude of the potential national market for AGT technology.

• Corporate Authors:

  Mitre Corporation

  Metrek Division, 1820 Dolley Madison Boulveard
  McLean, VA  United States  22102

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Nawrocki, R
  • Zumwalt, B A
• Publication Date: 1980-2

Media Info

• Pagination: 102 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Attitudes; Automated guideway transit; Automatic control; Competition; Costs; Environmental impacts; Maintenance; Market research; Operating costs; Passenger transportation; Passengers; Personnel; Ridership; Socioeconomic factors; Surveys; Technological forecasting; Technology assessment; Transportation modes; Travel demand; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis
• Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Finance; Maintenance and Preservation; Passenger Transportation; Railroads; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00314371
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: MTR-79W00351 Final Rpt., UMTA-IT-06-0176-80-1
• Contract Numbers: DOT-UT-50016
• Files: NTIS, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 27 1980 12:00AM