QUADRAMODE TRANSPORT: A CLASS OF CONTROLLED SYSTEMS

THE OVERALL DESIGN AND SOME DETAILS OF THE OPERATION AND REGULATION OF A CLASS OF CONTROLLED URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEMS ARE DESCRIBED, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO A PALLETED AUTOMATED TRANSPORT SYSTEM KNOWN AS PAT. AN ATTEMPT IS MADE TO SHOW THAT THE INCLUSIVE COST-BENEFIT RATIO FOR THIS CLASS OF TRANSPORT, JUSTIFIES ITS FURTHER DEVELOPMENT AND TRIAL ALONG WITH OTHER ADVANCED ALTERNATIVES. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Urban Engineering and Transportation

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• Authors:
  • Wilson, D G
  • Bisbee, E F
  • Clarkeson, J
  • PAUL, I
• Publication Date: 1969-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 88-100

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automation; Benefit cost analysis; Pallets; Urban transportation
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00201523
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 11 1972 12:00AM