PRAXITELE: A TRANSPORTATION CONCEPT
This article presents a synthesis of the principal results conducted in France by a team investigating self-service electric cars. Called Praxitele, it is an innovative transportation concept, which, like some other projects backed by a number of European cities, strives to provide the public with: (1) a clean, relatively quiet mode of transportation in order to combat air and noise pollution; (2) a personal model of transportation used by different people at different times in order to reduce the amount of space and parking time; (3) a self-service transportation mode offering flexibility and 24-hour-a-day service through the use of a noncontact smart card to provide access to the car; and (4) a personal transportation mode that is designed to supplement the public transport system for certain trips, sections of the community and zones.
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Corporate Authors:
Eno Transportation Foundation
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Authors:
- Massot, M-H
- Blosseville, J-M
- Mangeas, M
- Publication Date: 2001
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 17-23
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Serial:
- Transportation Quarterly
- Volume: 55
- Issue Number: 4
- Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
- ISSN: 0278-9434
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Air pollution; Electric automobiles; Noise; Paratransit services; Parking; Public transit; Smart cards; Urban areas; Vehicle sharing
- Identifier Terms: Praxitele
- Geographic Terms: Europe; France
- Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00823491
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, ATRI
- Created Date: Dec 29 2002 12:00AM