Characteristics and capabilities of rapid transit systems and future proposals; among latter are suspended trains, either monorail or duorail, "aerial transit," consisting of rubber-tired trains operating in concrete channels either as single vehicles or trains; freeway express buses with exclusive roadways; disadvantages of rapid transit system proposed for St. Louis; new transit vehicle, "A/C Bus", studied by CTA, adaptable to both automatic and conventional bus operation may be solution to urban transit problem.


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    Title :

    Rapid transit: present and future


    Additional title:

    Traffic Quarterly


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1960


    Size :

    15 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


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