Passenger Acceptance of Alignments with Frequent Curves in Maglev or Other Very-High-Speed Ground Systems

Details

• Creators:
  Pollard, John K. ; Katz-Rhoads, Leonore ; Mengert, Peter ; Disario, Robert ; Sussman, E. D.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Curves (Geometry)
  • High speed ground transportation
  • Magnetic levitation vehicles
  • Acceleration (Mechanics)
  • Alignment
  • Human factors engineering
  • Motion sickness
  • Passenger comfort
  • Ride quality
  • Passenger
  More +
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Draft
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Railroad Administration
• Abstract:
  Proposed high-speed ground transportation systems, such as Maglev, may have motion characteristics ; affecting passenger comfort which set them apart from anything previously experienced. Operating at ; aircraft speeds along rights-of-way established for conventional ground vehicles, Maglevs may subject ; passengers to significantly larger vertical accelerations and roll rates than they have ever felt on existing ; common-carrier modes. If the design limits for guideway curvature are set too high in the interest of ; achieving the shortest travel times and/or maximum utilization of existing, short-radius right-of-way, ; substantial numbers of passengers may find the ride quality unacceptable because of excessive vertical ; acceleration and roll rates. In that case, speed would be reduced, resulting in moderately longer trip ; times. In areas where new right-of-way is unavailable, the question becomes how can a Maglev ; guideway be optimally fitted to it and what speeds should be used.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/8647/dot_8647_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.39 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center ; Federal Railroad Administration
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