The report reviews the seventh year's efforts of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) Urban Rail Vehicle and Systems Program. It describes the work accomplished and summarizes pertinent technical and design data. The objective of the Program is to enhance the attractiveness of rail rapid transit to the urban traveler by providing him with transit vehicles that are as comfortable, reliable, safe, and economical as possible. Three major hardware tasks were active during this reporting period, namely: the State-of-the-Art Cars (SOAC), the Advanced Concept Train (ACT-1), and the Advanced Subsystem Development Program (ASD).


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    Title :

    Urban Rapid Rail Vehicle and Systems Program


    Publication date :

    1978


    Size :

    99 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English