GUIDEWAY TRANSPORTATION. 1964-APRIL, 1980 (CITATIONS FROM THE NTIS DATA BASE)

The bibliography cites research on automated guideway transportation (AGT), in which passengers can be transported along tubes or rails under automatic control. The carriers, termed personal rapid transit vehicles or people movers, can accommodate individuals or small or larger groups. The reports cover many aspects of technology, such as demand actuated service, networks, elevated structures, monorail, light rail, computer aided control, vehicle merging, headway safety, shuttle loops, guideway designs, magnetic levitation, suspended vehicles, and dual mode. Discussions are made of steering control, ride quality, airport services to move people or baggage, gravity assistance in accelerating and braking, test vehicles, and maintenance. Other topics are cost comparisons of AGT with conventional transit, fares, and equipment failure. Air cushion vehicles are excluded. (This updated bibliography contains 234 abstracts, 49 of which are new entries to the previous edition.)

• Corporate Authors:

  National Technical Information Service

  5301 Shawnee Road
  Alexandria, VA  United States  22312
• Authors:
  • Kenton, E
• Publication Date: 1980-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 241 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated guideway transit; Automatic control; Bibliographies; Computer programs; Intelligent transportation systems; Light rail transit; Magnetic levitation; Monorail transportation; Personal rapid transit; Public transit; Ride quality; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems; Automated guideway systems
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00318086
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1982 12:00AM