Transit Expressway envisions a system operating on fixed guideways with continuous headways as close as 90 seconds. The system is based on operating compact, minimum weight vehicles to provide economy of operations in off-peak hours and still maintain high frequency service. The all electric fully automated vehicles resemble buses and run on 4 pairs of driven pneumatic tires. The project is comprised of 9,360 foot long main guideway, principally on an aerial structure with a short section of at-grade guideway. Forms complete loop with stations at north and south ends. Rolling stock is 3 vehicles operated simultaneously or singularly. Specific discussion of test includes spur roadway with 10% grade, emergency walkway, grounding. Conclusions and recommendations are delineated. Appendices contain a glossary and summary of Phase I report.
Transit Expressway Report: Phase II
1973
284 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Report on transit expressway-phase—II
Elsevier | 1975
Transit expressway -- New mass-transit system
Engineering Index Backfile | 1965
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