21st CENTURY PERSONAL RAPID TRANSIT
by Raymond MacDonald (about the author)
October, 2003; 315 pp, paperback
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 4 pp
1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF PRT CHARACTERISTICS, 8 pp
2. THE SOCIO-ECONOMICS OF PRT, 9 pp
3. TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PRT,10 pp
4. OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS OF PRT,18 pp
5. MAINTENANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF PRT, 6 pp
6. PRT INVESTMENT PROCEDURES - COSTS & FINANCING, 14 pp
7. PROTOTYPE PRT TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, 25 pp
8. COMMERCIAL PRT TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, 7 pp
9. PRT PLANNING PROCEDURES, 10 pp
10. PRT DESIGN PROCEDURES, 15 pp
11. PRT CONSTRUCTION PROCEDURES, 8 pp
12. PRT VEHICLE DESIGN, 13 pp
13. PRT CHASSIS DESIGN, 41 pp
14. PRT GUIDEWAY DESIGN,14 pp
15. PRT STATION DESIGN, 10 pp
16. PRT FARE COLLECTION SYSTEM DESIGN, 8 pp
17. PRT POWER SUPPLY DESIGN, 7 pp
18. PRT CONTROL SYSTEM DESIGN, 14 pp
19. PRT STORAGE DEPOT DESIGN, 5 pp
20. PRT MAINTENANCE DEPOT DESIGN, 7 pp
21. SAFETY & SECURITY DESIGN, 5 pp
22. RESCUE & RECOVERY VEHICLES, 6 pp
23. PRT FREIGHT SYSTEMS, 9 pp
24. WHY HAS PRT NOT BEEN DEVELOPED YET?, 12 pp
25. 20 DIFFICULT QUESTIONS & ANSWERS ABOUT PRT, 20 pp
INDEX, 7 pp
GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS, 3 pp
