ACTIVITY CENTER CIRCULATION: THE COMPETITION BETWEEN AUTOMATED GUIDEWAY TRANSIT AND PEDESTRIANIZATION

This paper demonstrates why automated guideway transit (AGT) circulation systems should only be installed in those activity centers which are extensive enough that a large proportion of their internal trips will be too long to be covered on foot, even when pedestrian amenities are provided. Following a brief review of the essential characteristics of the various types of AGT, the significance of walking as a mode of transportation within compact activity centers is discussed, with emphasis on the competition walking can offer to AGT circulation systems. An analysis which compares the distributions of trip times for walking and AGT trips between the same set of activity center origins and destinations is then described and some of the implications of its results for the planning of activity center circulation systems are explained. /Author/TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

  Maxwell House, Fairview Park
  Elmsford, NY  United States  10523
• Authors:
  • Shladover, Steven E
• Publication Date: 1977-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 265-278
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research /UK/
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Pergamon Press, Incorporated

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Activity centers; Alternatives analysis; Automated guideway transit; Automated vehicle control; Automatic control; Automation; Buses; Guideways; High occupancy vehicle lanes; Intelligent transportation systems; Length; Mode S; Origin and destination; Pedestrian areas; Pedestrians; People movers; Public transit; Right of way (Traffic); Transportation planning; Travel; Travel time; Trip length; Urban transportation; Walking
• Uncontrolled Terms: Trip
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems; Automated transit system; Circulation
• ITRD Terms: 3882: Automatic; 698: Journey; 697: Journey time; 6488: Length; 687: Origin destination traffic; 341: Pedestrian precinct; 758: Walking
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00168135
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 28 1978 12:00AM