Factors Which Act As Barriers to the Adoption of Urban Rail Transit Innovations

Details

• Creators:
  Schwartz, Martin L.
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Miami
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Innovation
  • Rail transit
  • Planning and Forecasting
  • Public Transportation
  • Railroads
  • I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
• Publication/ Report Number:
  UMTA-OH-06-0032-82-1
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1527318
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Ohio;United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Abstract:
  Exploratory research was performed to identify factors that acted as barriers to the adoption of urban rail transit technologies. Vehicle programs analyzed include the Advanced Concept Train (ACT-1), the Advanced Subsystems Development Program (ASDP), the State-Of-The-Art Car (SOAC), the Stored Energy Propulsion for Rapid Rail Cars (Flywheel ESU), the Morgantown People Mover, Dual-Powered Gas Turbine/Electric (GT/E) Commuter Rail Cars, and Standard Light Rail Vehicles (SLRV's). Factors which appeared to impede the adoption of rail transit technologies were grouped into five barrier categories: 1) performance/reliability barriers; 2) transportation authority financial barriers; 3) the cost of capital investment barrier; 4) the mismatch between buyer needs and new products developed; and 5) inadequate demonstrations of innovations. The extent to which the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) has addressed these barriers is also discussed.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  OH-06-0032
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/462/dot_462_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.00 MB]
• Collection(s):
  FTA 50th Anniversary Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f2afffab53763fae7b27053d2f6ccb9fc1e5939de5c6d59f195aba104bf5367c