AUTOMATED GUIDEWAY TRANSIT: THE DUKE UNIVERSITY AUTOMATED PEOPLE/CARGO TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM

This report describes the installation of the automated people/cargo transportation system at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, featuring the first automated guideway transit system to go into service which operates with linear induction motors together with air levitation.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/5121625
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute for Transportation, Incorporated

  1410 Duke University Road
  Durham, NC  United States  27705
• Authors:
  • Theumer, H A
• Publication Date: 1980

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 161-176
• Serial:
  • Journal of Advanced Transportation
  • Volume: 14
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0197-6729
  • EISSN: 2042-3195
  • Serial URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2042-3195
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air suspension systems; Automated guideway transit; City planning; Highway transportation; Linear induction motors; Management; Transportation
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Operations and Traffic Management; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00331853
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 1982 12:00AM