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Extensive interviews were held with participants in and observers of the automated transportation systems planning processes carried out in Cleveland, Houston, Los Angeles, and St. Paul while each of these cities was participating in the Downtown People Mover Demonstration Program (1975-1981). The purpose of these interviews was to document in detail the specific institutional, political, economic, and technical factors that were addressed and ultimately influenced each city's decision whether or not to continue in the demonstration program. Of particular interest were the factors that were unique to a new automated technology as opposed to factors that might be confronted by any large capital project. The results of this analysis can be used by the federal government in shaping new initiatives (irrespective of whether they are oriented to new technologies) and by local planners to aid in understanding the types of factors, nontechnical as well as technical, that must be faced in similar future projects.

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Alternatives analysis; Automated guideway transit; Case studies; Cost effectiveness; People movers; Policy; Politics; Technology assessment; Transportation planning; Urban transportation

Cleveland (Ohio); Houston (Texas); Los Angeles (California); Saint Paul (Minnesota)

Cleveland (Ohio); Houston (Texas); Los Angeles (California); Saint Paul (Minnesota)

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

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Feb 28 1986 12:00AM

• AUTOMOBILE RESTRICTED ZONES IN DOWNTOWNS: LESSONS FROM UMTA'S DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
• CURRENT USE OF PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT TECHNIQUES BY STATE HIGHWAY AGENCIES
• IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PROBLEMS: PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT THROUGH A TELEPHONE SURVEY
• SOCIOECONOMIC REACTIONS TO HIGHWAY DEVELOPMENT
• STATUS AND PROSPECTS OF THE AUTOMATED GUIDEWAY TRANSIT INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES
• THE EFFECTIVENESS EVALUATION OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS: THREE CASE STUDIES IN PENNSYLVANIA
• THE OPEN FORMAT AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING