THE INFLUENCE OF DRIVING SPEED AND ROAD NETWORK ON THE TRAFFIC VOLUME AND COST-STRUCTURE OF A NOVEL PRT SYSTEM ("KABINENBAHN")

UEBER DEN EINFLUSS VON FAHRGESCHWINDIGKEIT UND STRECKENNETZ AUF VERKEHRSMENGE UND KOSTENSTRUKTUR EINER NEUARTIGEN KABINENBAHN

Starting from basic considerations regarding the absolute and relative braking distance between vehicles following one another and from measured results from test drives of the first prototype of the electrically driven cabs, a vehicle following theory is developed. This gives the traffic flow in vehicles per minute at a road cross section with various maximum speeds, and this shows that the highest driving speed allowable is less than the maximum driving speed. Finally, the cost structure of the PRT system ("kabinenbahn") studied is treated. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Technical University of Berlin

  Strasse des 17, Juni 135
  Berlin,   Germany  10623
• Authors:
  • Becker, K
• Publication Date: 1974-12-10

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 224 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Braking; Car following; Costs; Economic efficiency; Electric vehicles; Following distance; Networks; Operating costs; Personal rapid transit; Roads; Speed; Stopping distances; Traffic flow; Traffic volume
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• Old TRIS Terms: Following distance (Of vehicles)
• ITRD Terms: 1020: Container (freight); 237: Economic efficiency; 221: Operating costs; 5408: Speed; 671: Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Economics; Energy; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157401
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Data Coordinating Committee
• Report/Paper Numbers: THESIS
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 13 1982 12:00AM