More than 400 reports were produced on railroad and advanced systems since the Act was signed in 1965. Major accomplishments of the program include: (a) creation of continuing Federal R&D in railroad technology, (b) establishment of the Transportation Test Center, (c) demonstration that quality rail passenger service will be used in this country, (d) system performance and cost estimates for the Northeast Corridor multi-modal regional transportation study, (e) development of data processing of rail passenger statistics now used by Amtrak, (f) conception of Auto Train, (g) initiation of railroad track dynamics research (the first scientific investigation of track in over 30 years), (h) construction of the Rail Dynamics Laboratory, (i) development of automated track geometry inspection, (j) advancement of linear electric motor technology, (k) expansion of knowledge of magnetic levitation, (l) analysis of the dynamics of air cushion levitation, and (m) exploration of the ram air cushion.
Report on the High Speed Ground Transportation Act of 1965, (10th) by the Secretary of Transportation to the President, the Senate and the House of Representatives
1977
112 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Railroad Transportation , Railroads , Rail transportation , Railroad cars , Passenger transportation , Cargo transportation , Railroad tracks , Noise reduction , Railroad terminals , Hazardous materials , Tank cars , Safety , Tracked vehicles , Rapid transit railways , Electric propulsion , Railroad tunnels , High speed ground transportation , Railroad highway crossings , Research and development , Tracked air cushion vehicles , Tracked levitated vehicles , Magnetic levitation , Ram air cushion vehicles
High Speed Ground Transportation Act of 1965
NTIS | 1969
High Speed Ground Transportation Act of 1965
NTIS | 1971
High Speed Ground Transportation Act of 1965
NTIS | 1970
First report on the high speed ground transportation act of 1965
Elsevier | 1967