Directory of Research, Development & Demonstration ProjectsU.S. Department of Transportation, Urban Mass Transportation Administration, 1968 - Local transit |
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... central business district and the World's Fair site , was studied for six months to gather operational , financial , and attitudinal data useful to communities considering this form of transit . No major structural or operational ...
... central business district and the World's Fair site , was studied for six months to gather operational , financial , and attitudinal data useful to communities considering this form of transit . No major structural or operational ...
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... central business district , and a rapid transit collector / distributor circulating over a loop within the cen- tral business district for these purposes : a ) To determine the effect on rider use of the railroad , the rapid transit ...
... central business district , and a rapid transit collector / distributor circulating over a loop within the cen- tral business district for these purposes : a ) To determine the effect on rider use of the railroad , the rapid transit ...
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... central city business districts , usually smaller in size and more specialized in activity . Specialization is often related to single agency ownership or planning control . This situation makes possible solutions to transportation ...
... central city business districts , usually smaller in size and more specialized in activity . Specialization is often related to single agency ownership or planning control . This situation makes possible solutions to transportation ...
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... central business district . The medical centers are not now adequately served by public transporta- tion , thus making it difficult for out - patients and employees to travel without a car between institutions or between a specific ...
... central business district . The medical centers are not now adequately served by public transporta- tion , thus making it difficult for out - patients and employees to travel without a car between institutions or between a specific ...
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... commercial , industrial , and service establishments have sprung up at scattered points throughout the suburbs . With resi ... central business district ( CBD ) . The automobile , which was a major influence leading to this lower density ...
... commercial , industrial , and service establishments have sprung up at scattered points throughout the suburbs . With resi ... central business district ( CBD ) . The automobile , which was a major influence leading to this lower density ...
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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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