Viability of personal rapid transit In New Jersey : final report, February 2007.

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• Creators:
  Carnegie, Jon A. ; Hoffman, Paul S.
• Corporate Contributors:
  New Jersey. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Research ; NJ Transit
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Personal rapid transit
  • Automated guideway transit
  • Control of specific ground vehicles
  • Personal rapid transit--New Jersey
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  New Jersey
• Edition:
  Final report.
• Corporate Publisher:
  New Jersey. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  The following report was prepared for the New Jersey Legislature to document the ; current state of Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) development and implementation and to ; explore the potential viability of implementing PRT in New Jersey. The report ; summarizes the history of PRT development efforts worldwide, documents lessons ; learned from past research and development activities, explores the opinions of several ; PRT industry experts regarding the current state of PRT development, presents the ; theoretical benefits of PRT when compared to other modes of public transportation, ; identifies the challenges and risks associated with PRT implementation and presents a ; series of options for advancing PRT development in New Jersey should decision ; makers decide to do so. ; PRT has been the subject of research and development efforts for approximately 40 ; years. However, there has yet to be a full scale deployment of this technology. A fully ; operational PRT system is needed to demonstrate the theoretical benefits of PRT and ; establish commercial readiness and significant research and development activities ; must still be undertaken. Such a research and demonstration program has been ; conceptually estimated to require $50-100 million over a three year period. It is ; important to note that PRT is an emerging public transportation technology and has not ; yet advanced to the stage of commercial deployment or achieved wide-spread public ; operation. As such, much of the information presented in the report, especially ; information related to the potential benefits of PRT, is based on conceptual engineering ; and theoretical research from PRT developers, government researchers, or ; independent consultants. Wherever appropriate the potential or theoretical nature of ; particular data and information is made clear and the source of information is noted.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17793/dot_17793_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.40 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:bf53e81d267d9eeec67f0c7d0c426ab4d93b1a4a69eb7d912fd4e6cf8b6ecdf5