Directory of Research, Development & Demonstration Projects

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U.S. Department of Transportation, Urban Mass Transportation Administration, 1968 - Local transit

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Page 31 - Development to: ... undertake a project 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.
Page 27 - A SURVEY TO EVALUATE THE CRITERIA WHICH INFLUENCE THE PURCHASE AND USE OF A MONTHLY TRANSIT PASS AND TO DETERMINE REASONS WHY TRANSIT NON PASS RIDERS DO NOT PURCHASE A PASS.
Page 115 - A study to determine whether the gas turbine can achieve the required reliability performance levels, and economic results to justify its use as a power source for rail vehicles in heavy-duty, highspeed non-electrified suburban rail services.
Page 36 - An evolutionary study of substantial improvements in existing urban transportation systems, and the emergence of new systems, with solutions available in from three to eight years.
Page 12 - The use of digital computers in the economic scheduling for both man and machine in public transportation.
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Page 7 - That speed-distance profiles can be accurately repeated run after run. 3. That deviation from any nominal speed can be regulated to within 2.2 mph, and that this deviation is not a function of the reference speed. 4.
Page 18 - The Effect of the 1966 Transit Strike on the Travel Behavior of Regular Transit Users, prepared from a survey made by Harrington and Co., New York City ( 1967).
Page 8 - However, at the present stage of ACV development, operation of the SK-5 vehicles in public transportation appears to be economically feasible only in special applications, such as on short, point-to-point routes, over relatively calm water, connecting points generating large volumes of passengers who are willing to pay a premium fare, and for which alternative routes are more lengthy and time consuming.
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