Automated guideway transit : an assessment of PRT and other new systems, including supporting panel reports : prepared at the request of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Transportation Subcommittee

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Personal rapid transit
  • Automated guideway transit
  • Technology assessment
  • Public transit
  • Passenger transportation
  • Advanced public transportation systems
  • Social factors
  • Economic factors
  • AGT
  • Group Rapid Transit (GRT)
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• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1403262
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
• Abstract:
  This assessment of Personal Rapid Transit and other forms of Automated Guideway ; Transportation has been prepared in response to a request from Congress. The ; scope of this assessment complements two other studies conducted by the Office ; of Technology Assessment (OTA). The subjects of these other assessments are: ; 1) The degree of automation which is technically feasible, economically ; justifiable, or otherwise appropriate to rail rapid transit; and 2) The ; process by which communities plan, select or reject, and implement rail rapid ; transit systems in conjunction with other modes of transit. The objectives of ; this assessment are threefold: 1)To provide the Senate Appropriations ; Committee with information on the current status and the social and economic ; aspects of Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) developments, 2) To assess the key ; problems associated with Automated Guideway Transit as perceived by potential ; riders, the communities, and the transit industry; and 3) To identify major ; policy issues and automated guideway transit program alternatives, and to ; explore their implications. Dual-mode systems, moving walkways, and continuous ; flow systems are beyond the scope of this study. Other urban transportation ; options (e.g., electric automobiles) that might contribute to overcoming some ; of our current difficulties are covered, but only briefly. Consideration was ; given to the economic, social, and technical aspects of Automated Guideway ; Transit. The link in this record leads to a Table of Contents for this document ; in hypertext that will allow the user to view in .pdf format the entire volume ; (375p., 4511K) or selected chapters.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12676/dot_12676_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 4.37 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
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