Planning Methods and Issues
Dualmode Systems
- Dualmode Overview Page
- Dualmode Debate Page
- Proposed System Design Requirements for Dual Mode Transportation
- RUF Network Design Experiment for the Seattle Metropolitan Region
- RUF Station Design - An Initial Approach
- Dualmode station design included in a patent application
- RUF Simulation program and User's Guide, Version 1, available for download, October, 2001
PRT/PAT Overview and Definitions
- PRT/PAT Overview Page
- PRT/PAT Debate Page
- Proposed Definition of an Ideal Personal Rapid Transit Technology
PRT/PAT System, Network and Station Location Design Methods
- PRT Network Design Example (how to do it)
- PRT as a Feeder System for High Speed Rail/Maglev Transportation Systems
- PRT Network Design Software (C-CAD) Description
- Designing APM Circulator Systems for Major Activity Centers: An Interactive Graphic Approach
- Major Activity Center PRT Circulator System Station Design and Visual Analysis
- Trade-offs to consider when designing a transit system
- Presentation of a PRT Study for Södertälje, Sweden
PRT/PAT Operations Analyses and Simulation Software
- Software for Simulating the Operations of a PRT System
- Reallocation of Empty PRT Vehicles enRoute, by Ingmar Andrčasson, November, 2002
- Extending PRT Capabilities, by Ingmar Andreasson - explores ways to increase the capacity and speed of PRT
PRT/PRT Technology Comparison/Evaluation Methods
- Evaluation Questions for Assessing Conventional Transit Technologies
- Evaluation Questions Especially Useful for Assessing Innovative Transit Technologies
- Financing Transit Usage with PodCars in 59 Swedish Cities, 47 pp, by Göran Tegnér, 6/6/2009
PRT/PAT Demand Forecasting,Benefit/Cost Analyses and Other Application Issues
- Using Virtual Reality Techniques to Test Rider's Reactions to Making a PRT Trip
- Visual Intrusion of Elevated Guideways (Swedish study)
- Break-Even Fare Analysis for PRT Systems
- Capital Costs and Ridership Estimates of PRT, by Supin Yoder, et al, January 2000
- Travel Characteristics at Large-Scale Suburban Activity Centers, NCHRP Report 323, 1989
- Benefits and Costs of a Podcar Network in 59 Swedish Cities - the Role of City Size in the Net Benefits, by Göran Tegnér, 6/6/2009
Maglev Planning and Methods Information
- Federal Railroad Administration's Maglev website
- Federal Transit Administration's Urban Magnetic Levitation Transit Technology Development Program
- How Station Spacing Affects Average Speed on a High Speed Rail/Maglev Line
- National Maglev Initiative Report - an extensive national-scale, multi-year study, begun in 1990
- Overview and more details about worldwide maglev activities
- Assessing the Station and Access System Design Requirements of a Small Magplane System for Intercity Travel
FTA report on low speed maglev research program - focused on lessons learned, March, 2009, 47 pp.
Monorail Planning and Methods Information
- The Monorail Society website
- Seattle Monorail project planning documents
- Information about the Las Vegas monorail project
- Information about the Kuala Lumpur monorail project in Maylaysia
- Links to major monorail companies around the world
Automated Highway Systems Planning and Methods
- Vehicle-Highway Automation: Directions, Challenges and Contributing Factors, by R. Lay and L. Saxon, 2000
Last modified: August 02, 2009
