U.S. DOT News re Selection of Demonstration Cities for UMTA's Nationwide Project to Assess Automated Downtown People Mover systems

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Federal Transit Administration
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration ; United States. Department of Transportation. Office of the Secretary
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Public transit
  • City planning
  • Planning and design
  • People movers
  • Urban transportation
  • Passenger conveyors
  • Commuters
  • Mass transit
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1527265
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Cleveland (Ohio);Houston (Texas);Los Angeles (California)
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Federal Transit Administration
• Abstract:
  U.S. Secretary of Transportation William T. Coleman, Jr., today announced the selection of Cleveland, Houston, Los Angeles and St. Paul as demonstration cities for the Urban Mass Transportation Administration's (UMTA) nationwide project to assess the transportation and urban development benefits of automated Downtown People Mover (DPM) systems. At current cost estimates, $220 million in UMTA funds will be committed for these four projects, plus up to an additional $25 million from Federal highway funds in the case of Los Angeles.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/345/dot_345_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 194.13 KB]
• Collection(s):
  FTA 50th Anniversary Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4dce3c0a44228dd670c6a7330cdcde4e4740da0834ab2f0ca579f32e4db04be3