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Title:

Can automated people movers be successfully developed for use in rural areas?

Accession Number:

01373757

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

The paper summarizes transportation needs in rural areas and the problem of providing public transport service to meet these needs using traditional bus and train service. Next the paper describes how an automated people mover (APM) could be designed and deployed to serve rural areas. The proposed APM is the opposite of a traditional APM; the proposed APM is a complex vehicle with a very simple infrastructure (i.e. an infrastructure consisting only of support pillars) rather than a simple vehicle with a complex infrastructure (tracks). The proposed APM approach is then analyzed in terms of costs and benefits for four regions in Austria to assess its feasibility at a very preliminary level. Finally the paper presents conclusions and recommendations for further research.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AP055 Rural Public and Intercity Bus Transportation

Monograph Accession #:

01362476

Report/Paper Numbers:

12-1262

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Buschbacher, Harald

Pagination:

15p

Publication Date:

2012

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2012-1-22 to 2012-1-26
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

Austria

Subject Areas:

Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2012 Paper #12-1262

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 8 2012 5:00PM