NTL Record

Title Proceedings-Conference on "Automated Guideway Transit Technology Development"
Record ID 49880
Source 614p. in various pagings
Corporate Creator John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Publisher United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
Publication Date 19780101
Language English
Abstract A three-day conference on Automated Guideway Transit Technology Development sponsored by the U. S. Department of Transportation, Urban Mass Transportation Administration, Office of Technology Development and Deployment, was held February 28 - March 2, 1978, at the Research and Special Programs Administration's Transportation Systems Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Twenty-eight papers were presented by experts from government and industry on system operations, passenger security, vehicle control and reliability, guideway and station structures, all-weather operation, ride comfort, deployed system assessments, automated highways, and developments in Canada, France, and West Germany. The formal presentation of papers was followed by working sessions in the areas of system operations, vehicle systems and reliability, safety and security, wayside systems and all-weather operation, innovative transit, and social and economic factors. This report contains the proceedings of the conference.
Rosap ID dot:35245
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/35245
TRT Terms Analysis; Automated guideway transit; Control devices; Costs; Meetings; Operations; Passenger security; Passenger vehicles; Persons by socioeconomic levels; Rapid transit; Reliability; Safety; Safety engineering; Socioeconomic factors
Classification NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION;
NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Advanced Public Transit Systems;
NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Transit Safety and Security;
NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - PLANNING AND POLICY;
NTL - PLANNING AND POLICY - Technology Transfer
Geographical
Coverage
United States; Canada; Europe; France; Germany
Report Number DOT-TSC-UMTA-78-28; UMTA-MA-06-0048-78-1
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/49000/49800/49880/DOT-TSC-UMTA-78-28.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository