CHILDLINER -- A NEW LOGISTICS CONCEPT FOR URBAN-SUBURBAN COMMUTING

This paper presents a totally new concept for a mass transit system for urban-suburban commuters. Its principal features are a new jumbo size double decker bus which consists of compartments entered direct from a double-deck terminal dock. The bus would have no center aisle and would be longer than present vehicles thus vastly increasing the passenger carrying capacity and reducing loading and unloading time. The mainliners would be confined to super highways and terminals. The terminals would also be served by small feeder buses from outlying communities.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of Society of Logistic Engineering, International Logistic Symposium, St. Louis, Mo. August 22-24, 1978.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Logistic Engineering

  303 Williams Avenue
  Huntsville, AL  United States  35801
• Authors:
  • Child, J M
• Conference:
  • Proceedings of Society of Logistic Engineering, International Logistic Symposium, St. Louis, Mo. August 22-24, 1978.
• Publication Date: 1978

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Commuters; Double deck buses; Feeder buses; Intermodal terminals; Loading and unloading; Suburbs; Urban areas
• Old TRIS Terms: Loading time
• Subject Areas: Highways; Motor Carriers; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00195276
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 1981 12:00AM