Tube Transportation

Details

• Creators:
  Vance, Lawrence ; Mattson, Philip
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Advanced Research
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Capsule Pipelines Economic Analysis Feasibility Analysis Freight Service Pneumatics Public Transit Subway System Tube Transportation
• Publication/ Report Number:
  RSPA/VNTSC-SS-HW495-01
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Abstract:
  The U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, with the support of the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center is examining the technical and economic feasibility of tube transportation as an alternative to increasing capacity for long-haul trucking on the Nation's highways. Tube transportation is a class of transportation systems in which close fitting capsules or trains of capsules move through tube between terminals. Pneumatics is a consideration in such systems even if they are not pneumatically powered. All historic systems were pneumatically powered and often referred to a s pneumatic capsule pipelines. Recently it has been proposed that such systems might be more productive if powered by another means; use of linear induction motors is one recommendation.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  HW495
• Collection(s):
  Federal Highway Administration Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d29cc787890eb5e25b6006591d839482c11aa8df15ec5465f53d51a782ae02e0efd4ed71d096328079a99ca1c056266818761525c963c01e8e14a65e8e06b41d
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/38072/dot_38072_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.98 MB ]