Automated guideway transit : an assessment of PRT and other new systems, including supporting panel reports : prepared at the request of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Transportation SubcommitteeDIANE Publishing |
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Page 43 - Administrator determines that the facilities and equipment for which the assistance is sought are needed for carrying out a program, meeting criteria established by him, for a unified or officially coordinated urban transportation system as a part of the comprehensively planned development of the urban area, and are necessary for the sound, economic, and desirable development of such area.
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Page 119 - to study and prepare a program of research, development, and demonstration of new systems of urban transportation that will carry people and goods within metropolitan areas speedily, safely, without polluting the air, and in a manner that will contribute to sound city planning. The program shall (1) concern itself with all aspects of new systems of urban transportation for metropolitan areas of various sizes, including technological, financial, economic, governmental and social aspects; (2) take...
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Page 3 - GRT guideways may merge or divide into branch lines to provide service on a variety- of routes. Vehicles with a capacity of 10 to 50 passengers may" be operated singly or in trains.
Page 45 - Japan a consortium of eight private industries, a trade association, the University of Tokyo and the Ministry of International Trade and Industry are cooperating on the development and the test facilities for the Comuter-controlled Vehicle System (CVS).
Page 1 - Transit (AGT) is a class of transportation systems in which unmanned vehicles are operated on fixed guideways along an exclusive right of way.