Dual Mode Transportation - National Conference

Table of Contents of the Proceedings of a conference conducted by the Transportation Research Board, May 29-31, 1974

Published as Special Report 170, Transportation Research Board, Commission on Sociotechnical Systems, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., 1976 (available at most major libraries or via interlibrary loan)

Contents

Preface

Daniel Brand, State of Massachusetts ................... ..........1

Introduction

Eugene T. Canty, General Motors Corporation..................2

Conference Summary

Eugene T. Canty, General Motors Corporation..................3

LUNCHEON SPEECHES

Let's Demonstrate Dual Mode

Henry S. Reuss, U.S. House of Representatives. ................... ... 15


Issues in New Transportation Systems and Technology

C. Kenneth Orski, Urban Mass Transportation Administration ............. 18


DUAL-MODE CONCEPTS

Dual Mode: Automating High-Cost Urban Transportation Rights-of-Way

Daniel Brand, State of Massachusetts..........................................23

Comparison of Dual-Mode and Other Urban Transportation Systems

Peter Benjamin, U.S. Department of Transportation. ................... 28

Dual-Mode, Captive-Vehicle PRT, and Pallet Systems

J. Edward Anderson, University of Minnesota. ....................... .... 33


Abstracts of Papers

Comparison of Dual-Mode Transit System With Various Transit Bus Options

John G. Lieb, Mitre Corporation...................................................36

National Potential for Urban Dual-Mode Systems

Carla Heaton, U.S. Department of Transportation.........................36

Pallet Rail-Carrier Dual-Mode Transportation System

George J. Adams, Mobility Systems and Equipment Company ............. 36


Toward Dual-Mode Use of Bicycles in Public Rapid Transit

David M. Eggleston, San Diego State University .....

CRUSWAY

Paul W. Howells, Edwin H. Lederer, and Robert N. Lothes, Syracuse University Research Corporation.........................................................37

Dual-Mode Transportation: Auto-Train and Bus-Train

David R. Miller and William H. T. Holden, Daniel, Mann, Johnson and Mendenhall....37

Estimating the Labor Savings in a Dual-Mode Transit System

Ernest Nussbaum, Mitre Corporation ...................37


STATUS REPORTS OF CONCEPT DEVELOPMENTS

Dual-Mode System Development Program of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration

Vincent R. DeMarco, Urban Mass Transportation Administration ........... 41

Dual-Mode Transit Concept of General Motors Corporation

H. Blair Tyson and Frank P. Caiati, General Motors Corporation .......... 44

Dual-Mode Transit Concept of Rohr Industries

Wesley H. Marden, Jr., Rohr Industries, Inc. ................... .... 52


Abstracts of Papers


Dual-Mode Systems and Their Progressive Application in France

A. Bieber, Institute of Transport Research, France ................... 55

A Practical, Progressive, and Evolutionary Solution to Transport Problems: Dual-Mode System in Evry

Andre' Morand, Seri Renault Engineering, France ................... .. 55


USER CONSIDERATIONS

Anticipated Attitudinal Responses to Dual-Mode Transit Systems and Their Effects on Mode Choice

Martin Wachs, University of California, Los Angeles.....................59


Abstracts of Papers


Investigation of Modal Choice for Dual-Mode Transit

Don P. Costantino, Ricardo Dobson, and Eugene T. Canty, General

Motors Corporation .....................................................................67

Freight Movement Considerations in Planning Dual-Mode Systems

I. J. Blatner, Ralph M. Parsons Company. .....................................67


COMMAND AND CONTROL


Development of a Structural Philosophy for an Automatic Network Control System

Terry M. Linden, James F. Thompson, and Frank E. Tillotson, General

Motors Corporation........................................................................71


Abstracts of Papers


Simulation Method for Examining Dual-Mode Transit Systems

Martin S. Ross, IBM Corporation. ..................................................80

Communication Systems for Dual-Mode Transportation

Reuben E. Eaves and Ralph D. Kodis, U.S. Department of Transportation ..... 80

Evaluation of Demand-Responsive Service for Dual-Mode Bus Systems

D. L. Kershner, Johns Hopkins University .......................................................80


Dynamic Scheduling for Dual-Mode Network Control

Ronald G. Rule, Ohio State University ................... .......... 81

Dual-Mode System Management

A. M. Yen, Mitre Corporation ............................................81

Dual-Mode Transit System Having Demand Service, Scheduled Service, and a Dynamically Adaptive Cycle Route Policy

David H. Winfield, IBM Corporation ................... ........... 81


LATERAL CONTROL


Optimization of the Automatic Steering Control of a Vehicle in a Guideway With Positive Mechanical Retention

T. L. Lague, Rohr Industries, Inc......................................85


Abstracts of Papers


Wire-Reference Configurations in Vehicle Lateral Control

Karl W. Olson, Ohio State University ................................97

Automatic Lateral Controllers: Single-Loop Configurations

Karl W. Olson, Robert E. Fenton, and Grant C. Melocils, Ohio State University.....97

Optimal Lateral Control for Dual-Mode Vehicles

Loren S. Bonderson, General Motors Corporation ................... .. 98

Lateral Control of Dual-Mode Vehicles

John W. Rosenkrands, James K. Lutz, Robert Doering, and Ralph Merkle, General Motors Corporation....................................................................98

STATION PLANNING


Dual-Mode Station Design (Abridgment)

Leslie S. Pollock, Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc. ................... . 101

Abstracts of Papers

Parametric Analysis of Dual-Mode Station Operating Characteristics

H. Y. Chiu, Johns Hopkins University. ................... ......... 103

Fare Collection and Ticketing Considerations at Dual-Mode Stations

William A. Hamberg, Stanford Research Institute; and Robert W. Cowan, General Motors Corporation.........................................................................103

Dual-Mode Station Configurations

Norman McQueen, Otis Elevator Company ................... ....... 104

Simulation, Design, and Impact of Dual-Mode Access Facilities

Henry A. Camargo and Frank L. Ventura, General Motors Corporation ...... 104

RELIABILITY AND MAINTENANCE


Economic and Reliability Trade-Offs in Dual-Mode Systems

Ed S. Cheaney, Battelle Columbus Laboratories ................... ... 107

Availability Analysis of Dual-Mode Systems

Charles R. Toye, U.S. Department of Transportation. .................. 110

Abstracts of Papers


System Assurance for Current and Future Guideway Transportation Systems

Frank C. Smith, LTV Aerospace Corporation. ................... .... 115

Maintainability and Reliability Considerations for Dual-Mode Vehicles in Off-Guideway Operation

Ronald Ross and James Mateyka, Booz-Allen Applied Research ............ 115


Inspection and Diagnostic Techniques for a Dual-Mode Transportation System

Roger N. Wilkinson, Honeywell, Inc...........................................115

LONGITUDINAL CONTROL


Longitudinal Control of Dual-Mode Vehicles: An Overview

Robert E. Fenton, Ohio State University ....................................119

Abstracts of Papers

Longitudinal Control System for Dual-Mode Transit System of General Motors

Ray Farmer, Frank Rumreich, and Ronald Smisek, General Motors Corporation ................................................................................ .................119

Reference Signal for Synchronous Longitudinal Control

R. J. Mayhan and R. E. Bailey, Ohio State University ................. 123

Breaking System Integration in Dual-Mode Systems

Jeffrey J. Bowe, U.S. Department of Transportation.....................123


Automatic Longitudinal Control of a Merging Vehicle

Robert E. Fenton and James G. Bender, Ohio State University......124


PROPULSION AND ENERGY


Potential of the Dual-Mode Transit System to Conserve Energy

John G. Lieb, Mitre Corporation ..................................................127

Abstracts of Papers

Propulsion System Requirements for Dual-Mode Vehicles

Frank L. Raposa, C. H. Spenny, and J. D. Abbas, U.S. Department of Transportation.... .......................................................................................................135

Comparison of Energy and Pollution Characteristics of Propulsion Systems of a Dual-Mode Transit Vehicle and the Automobile

R. H. Donlon and L. L. Saunders, Otis Elevator Company ............... 135


Propulsion Systems Studies of Dual-Mode Vehicles

Tibor Bornemisza, Rohr Industries, Inc...............................................136

Hybrid-Dual-Mode Bus Propulsion System of Internal Combustion Engine and Electric Motors

Joseph P. Finelli and Fred E. Langhorst, General Motors Corporation ...... 136

CAPACITY AND SAFETY


Safety and Crashworthiness of Dual-Mode Vehicles

A. E. Brown, H. Weinstock, and J. N. Rossettos, U.S. Department of Transportation.........................................................................................139

Abstracts of Papers


Evolving a Rational Transit Safety Program

Thomas J. McGean, Mitre Corporation .....................................148


Analysis of Minimum Safe Headway for No Collisions

David J. Lobsinger, Transportation Technology, Inc...................148


GUIDEWAY DESIGN


Implementation Problems of a Dual-Mode Guideway

Frank L. Willingham, Mitre Corporation. ..................................151

Abstracts of Papers


Analysis of Short Ramps for Dual-Mode and PRT Stations

Robert P. Whitten, Alden Self Transit Systems Corporation; and Richard D.

Wright, U.S. Department of Transportation ....................................157


Guideway Design for Dual-Mode Transit System of General Motors Corporation

Neil H. Triner and Leslie Robertson, General Motors Corporation ......... 157

Social and Environmental Impacts of Dual-Mode Transit Systems

Craig A. Murawski and Frank L. Venture, General Motors Corporation ...... 158

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