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Passengers appreciate the Cleveland LRV for its high level of comfort (low noise level, efficient lighting, effective public address system, wide cushioned seats, ample center aisle, wide passenger doors, and efficient air conditioning system). The public also appreciates the LRV's modern exterior design, for the balance of colors, for the image of efficiency that it projects, and for the status it gives to the area it serves. The transit authority is satisfied with the LRV because of its reliability, its ease of maintainability and operation, and the sense of safety it offers operators. Elected officials can be proud of the LRV's versatility, its provisions for passenger and traffic safety, its excellent performance, and the measures taken to reduce energy consumption and to recuperate lost energy through regenerative braking. As a result it can be concluded that the basic objectives were fully reached and that the vehicle as built can be considered one of the most modern and efficient means of mass transit in service today. (Author)

This paper appeared in Transportation Research Board State-of-the-Art Report 2, Light Rail Transit: System Design for Cost-Effectiveness. Presented at the Conference on Light Rail Transit held May 8-10, 1985, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

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Conference on Light Rail Transit

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Articulated cars; Combustion; Economic efficiency; Light rail vehicles; Regenerative braking; Reliability; Specifications; Vehicle design

Efficiency

Cleveland (Ohio)

Cleveland (Ohio)

Design; Economics; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB

Jul 31 1986 12:00AM

• APPLICATION OF TRANSIT OPERATING COST MODELS
• CHANGES IN DIRECTION FOR LRT PLANNING IN EDMONTON
• COMPARISON OF LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT AND DUAL-MODE BUS SYSTEM
• CONSIDERATIONS FOR EFFECTIVE LIGHT RAIL STREET OPERATION
• COST-EFFECTIVE APPLICATION OF LRT SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY
• CURRENT LIGHT RAIL DEVELOPMENTS IN NORTH AMERICA
• DESIGN OF LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT CATENARY SYSTEMS THAT ENCOURAGE UNIVERSAL CONTRACTOR PARTICIPATION
• DESIGN OF TRAFFIC INTERFACE ON THE BANFIELD LIGHT RAIL PROJECT
• DETERMINING COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF TRANSIT SYSTEMS
• DEVELOPMENT OF A RAIL TRANSIT PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY
• DEVELOPMENT OF RIGHT-OF-WAY DESIGN AND STRATEGY INCORPORATING PUBLIC INPUT FOR THE BANFIELD EAST BURNSIDE CORRIDOR
• ECONOMIC RATING AND SPACING OF LRT TRACTION SUBSTATIONS
• ENERGY COST CONSIDERATIONS IN LIGHT RAIL VEHICLE SIZE SPECIFICATION
• ENERGY LOSS CONSIDERATIONS IN TRACTION POWER SUBSTATION DESIGN
• EVALUATION OF LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT FOR AUSTIN, TEXAS
• GETTING THE MOST ON A MODEST BUDGET--SANTA CLARA COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT LRV MAINTENANCE FACILITY
• IMPROVING LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT PERFORMANCE IN STREET OPERATIONS: TORONTO CASE STUDY
• INTEGRATING LRT INTO FLEXIBLE TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
• INTEGRATION OF SACRAMENTO LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT SYSTEM INTO THE CENTRAL CITY
• KEY INTERFACES IN THE DESIGN OF TRACTION ELECTRIFICATION SYSTEMS FOR LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT
• LIGHT RAIL DEVELOPMENT IN LOS ANGELES
• LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT: SYSTEM DESIGN FOR COST-EFFECTIVENESS. FOREWORD
• LIGHT RAIL: PROSPECTS AND PERSPECTIVES
• LRT ON-STREET OPERATIONS: THE CALGARY EXPERIENCE
• MARKET FOR LIGHT RAIL CARS IN THE UNITED STATES
• OVERVIEW OF MICROPROCESSOR-BASED CONTROLS IN TRANSIT AND CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR INTRODUCTION
• PORTLAND LRV
• PREFERENTIAL CONTROL WARRANTS OF LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT MOVEMENTS
• REALITIES OF CONSTRUCTING LRT IN CITY STREETS
• RESUSCITATING AN OLD TROLLEY SYSTEM
• SELF-SERVICE FARE COLLECTION SYSTEMS FOR LRT: STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW
• SMALLER SCALE JOINT DEVELOPMENT: SAN DIEGO TROLLEY
• SPECIFICS OF LIGHT RAIL CAR DESIGN VERSUS RAPID CAR DESIGN
• UPGRADING CONVENTIONAL STREETCAR LINES TO LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT: CASE STUDY FROM OSLO, NORWAY
• VALUE ENGINEERING METHODS APPLIED TO A GUIDEWAY TRANSIT SYSTEM PROPOSED FOR ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
• VALUE OF LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT AS A MAJOR CAPITAL INVESTMENT