SERVICE DEPENDABILITY EVALUATION AND DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR AUTOMATED TRANSIT SYSTEMS

The paper describes a method of evaluating service dependability and deriving system reliability and maintainability characteristics, and discusses some candidate reliability design features and failure management strategies.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented at the International Conference on Personal Rapid Transit held in Denver, Colorado, September 16-19, 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Colorado, Denver

  Center for Urban Transportation Studies, 1100 14th Street
  Denver, CO  United States  80202
• Authors:
  • Ems, A F
• Publication Date: 1975

Media Info

• Pagination: 18 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated guideway transit; Intelligent transportation systems; Operations; Planning; Quality of service; Reliability
• Old TRIS Terms: Advanced systems; Automated guideway systems; Operations planning
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00148292
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Vol. 2, Paper 46 Conf Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 16 1982 12:00AM