THE AUTOMATIC GUIDEWAY TRANSIT EXPERIENCE IN CLEVELAND, HOUSTON, LOS ANGELES, AND ST. PAUL

Extensive interviews were held with participants in and observers of the automated transportation systems planning processes carried out in Cleveland, Houston, Los Angeles, and St. Paul while each of these cities was participating in the Downtown People Mover Demonstration Program (1975-1981). The purpose of these interviews was to document in detail the specific institutional, political, economic, and technical factors that were addressed and ultimately influenced each city's decision whether or not to continue in the demonstration program. Of particular interest were the factors that were unique to a new automated technology as opposed to factors that might be confronted by any large capital project. The results of this analysis can be used by the federal government in shaping new initiatives (irrespective of whether they are oriented to new technologies) and by local planners to aid in understanding the types of factors, nontechnical as well as technical, that must be faced in similar future projects.

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• Authors:
  • Ruiter, Earl R
  • Neumann, Lance A
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 31-37
• Monograph Title: Social and technological issues in transportation planning
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 991
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Automated guideway transit; Case studies; Cost effectiveness; People movers; Policy; Politics; Technology assessment; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Geographic Terms: Cleveland (Ohio); Houston (Texas); Los Angeles (California); Saint Paul (Minnesota)
• Old TRIS Terms: Government policies
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00450907
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309038006
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Feb 28 1986 12:00AM