Automated transit : planning, operation, and applications / / Rongfang (Rachel) Liu
| Automated transit : planning, operation, and applications / / Rongfang (Rachel) Liu |
| Autore | Liu Rongfang |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons Inc., , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (227 p.) |
| Disciplina | 388.4 |
| Collana | IEEE Press series on systems science and engineering |
| Soggetto topico |
Local transit - Automation
Transportation engineering Autonomous vehicles |
| ISBN |
1-119-28990-4
1-119-28988-2 1-119-28985-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
-- FOREWORD xi -- PREFACE xiii -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv -- ABBREVIATIONS xvii -- 1 INTRODUCTION 1 -- 1.1 Automated Transportation / 2 -- 1.2 Automated Transit / 4 -- 1.3 Individual Modes of Automated Transit Family / 8 -- 1.3.1 Automated Guideway Transit / 8 -- 1.3.2 Automated Bus / 14 -- 1.3.3 Automated Personal Transit / 15 -- 2 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT 23 -- 2.1 Conceptual Initiations: 1960s and Prior / 23 -- 2.2 Pilot Demonstrations: 1970s-1980s / 27 -- 2.3 Applications in Confined Environments: 1990s-2000s / 32 -- 2.4 Multipolar Development: New Millennium and Beyond / 36 -- 2.4.1 Exponential Growth of Driverless Metros / 36 -- 2.4.2 Steady Expansion of APM Systems / 39 -- 2.4.3 Emergence of PRT Applications / 39 -- 3 TECHNOLOGY SPECIFICATIONS 47 -- 3.1 Vehicles / 48 -- 3.2 Guideway / 51 -- 3.3 Propulsion and System Power / 52 -- 3.4 Communications and Control / 53 -- 3.5 Stations and Platforms / 55 -- 3.6 Maintenance and Storage Facilities / 58 -- 4 APPLICATIONS 63 -- 4.1 Driverless Metro in Paris / 64 -- 4.1.1 Clean Slate of Automation: Line No. 14 / 64 -- 4.1.2 Conversion from Manual to DLM: Paris Metro Line No. 1 / 67 -- 4.2 Automated LRT in Singapore / 70 -- 4.3 Detroit Downtown People Mover / 72 -- 4.4 Automated People Movers in Las Vegas / 74 -- 4.5 Dallas-Fort Worth Airport APM / 79 -- 4.6 AirTrain at JFK Airport / 80 -- 4.7 Morgantown Group Rapid Transit / 81 -- 4.8 Ultra PRT at Heathrow International Airport / 84 -- 5 CHARACTERISTICS OF AUTOMATED TRANSIT APPLICATIONS 89 -- 5.1 System Characteristics / 89 -- 5.1.1 Physical Layouts / 90 -- 5.1.2 Scale of Systems / 94 -- 5.2 Operating Characteristics / 96 -- 5.2.1 Operating Strategies / 97 -- 5.2.2 Station Operations / 99 -- 5.2.3 System Capacity / 101 -- 5.3 Financial Characteristics / 103 -- 5.3.1 Capital Investment / 104 -- 5.3.2 Operating Expenses / 107 -- 5.3.3 Life Cycle Cost / 110 -- 6 ASSESSMENT OF AUTOMATED TRANSIT PERFORMANCES 115 -- 6.1 System Performance / 115 -- 6.2 Reliability / 119 -- 6.3 Safety and Security / 126.
6.3.1 Safety Records for Automated Guideway Transit / 126 -- 6.3.2 Comparison with Other Guideway Transit / 129 -- 6.4 Cost-Effective Analysis / 133 -- 7 PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS 139 -- 7.1 Public Policy / 142 -- 7.1.1 Research / 142 -- 7.1.2 Design Standards / 143 -- 7.1.3 National Policy / 144 -- 7.2 Long-Range Transportation Planning / 145 -- 7.2.1 Trip Generation / 147 -- 7.2.2 Trip Distribution or Destination Choice Module / 148 -- 7.2.3 Mode and Occupancy Choice Module / 149 -- 7.2.4 Trip Assignment Module / 150 -- 7.3 Operations Planning / 151 -- 8 BUSINESS MODELS FOR AUTOMATED TRANSIT APPLICATIONS 157 -- 8.1 Public Owner and Operator / 159 -- 8.2 Private Owner and Operator / 162 -- 8.3 Public and Private Partners / 166 -- 9 LESSONS LEARNED 173 -- 9.1 Driving Can Be Replaced / 174 -- 9.2 Public Policy: A Double-Edged Sword / 175 -- 9.3 Design Matters / 177 -- 9.4 Demonstration Projects are Needed / 178 -- 10 FUTURE DIRECTIONS 181 -- 10.1 Grow Automated Transit Applications / 182 -- 10.2 Create New Mode / 183 -- 10.3 Conduct Further Research / 185 -- 10.4 Sponsor Demonstration Projects / 187 -- 10.5 Develop Performance Measures / 188 -- 10.6 Encourage Diverse Business Models / 189 -- 10.7 Gather Public Support / 191 -- INDEX 197. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910135014003321 |
Liu Rongfang
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| Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons Inc., , [2017] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Automated transit : planning, operation, and applications / / Rongfang (Rachel) Liu
| Automated transit : planning, operation, and applications / / Rongfang (Rachel) Liu |
| Autore | Liu Rongfang |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons Inc., , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (227 p.) |
| Disciplina | 388.4 |
| Collana | IEEE Press series on systems science and engineering |
| Soggetto topico |
Local transit - Automation
Transportation engineering Autonomous vehicles |
| ISBN |
1-119-28990-4
1-119-28988-2 1-119-28985-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
-- FOREWORD xi -- PREFACE xiii -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv -- ABBREVIATIONS xvii -- 1 INTRODUCTION 1 -- 1.1 Automated Transportation / 2 -- 1.2 Automated Transit / 4 -- 1.3 Individual Modes of Automated Transit Family / 8 -- 1.3.1 Automated Guideway Transit / 8 -- 1.3.2 Automated Bus / 14 -- 1.3.3 Automated Personal Transit / 15 -- 2 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT 23 -- 2.1 Conceptual Initiations: 1960s and Prior / 23 -- 2.2 Pilot Demonstrations: 1970s-1980s / 27 -- 2.3 Applications in Confined Environments: 1990s-2000s / 32 -- 2.4 Multipolar Development: New Millennium and Beyond / 36 -- 2.4.1 Exponential Growth of Driverless Metros / 36 -- 2.4.2 Steady Expansion of APM Systems / 39 -- 2.4.3 Emergence of PRT Applications / 39 -- 3 TECHNOLOGY SPECIFICATIONS 47 -- 3.1 Vehicles / 48 -- 3.2 Guideway / 51 -- 3.3 Propulsion and System Power / 52 -- 3.4 Communications and Control / 53 -- 3.5 Stations and Platforms / 55 -- 3.6 Maintenance and Storage Facilities / 58 -- 4 APPLICATIONS 63 -- 4.1 Driverless Metro in Paris / 64 -- 4.1.1 Clean Slate of Automation: Line No. 14 / 64 -- 4.1.2 Conversion from Manual to DLM: Paris Metro Line No. 1 / 67 -- 4.2 Automated LRT in Singapore / 70 -- 4.3 Detroit Downtown People Mover / 72 -- 4.4 Automated People Movers in Las Vegas / 74 -- 4.5 Dallas-Fort Worth Airport APM / 79 -- 4.6 AirTrain at JFK Airport / 80 -- 4.7 Morgantown Group Rapid Transit / 81 -- 4.8 Ultra PRT at Heathrow International Airport / 84 -- 5 CHARACTERISTICS OF AUTOMATED TRANSIT APPLICATIONS 89 -- 5.1 System Characteristics / 89 -- 5.1.1 Physical Layouts / 90 -- 5.1.2 Scale of Systems / 94 -- 5.2 Operating Characteristics / 96 -- 5.2.1 Operating Strategies / 97 -- 5.2.2 Station Operations / 99 -- 5.2.3 System Capacity / 101 -- 5.3 Financial Characteristics / 103 -- 5.3.1 Capital Investment / 104 -- 5.3.2 Operating Expenses / 107 -- 5.3.3 Life Cycle Cost / 110 -- 6 ASSESSMENT OF AUTOMATED TRANSIT PERFORMANCES 115 -- 6.1 System Performance / 115 -- 6.2 Reliability / 119 -- 6.3 Safety and Security / 126.
6.3.1 Safety Records for Automated Guideway Transit / 126 -- 6.3.2 Comparison with Other Guideway Transit / 129 -- 6.4 Cost-Effective Analysis / 133 -- 7 PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS 139 -- 7.1 Public Policy / 142 -- 7.1.1 Research / 142 -- 7.1.2 Design Standards / 143 -- 7.1.3 National Policy / 144 -- 7.2 Long-Range Transportation Planning / 145 -- 7.2.1 Trip Generation / 147 -- 7.2.2 Trip Distribution or Destination Choice Module / 148 -- 7.2.3 Mode and Occupancy Choice Module / 149 -- 7.2.4 Trip Assignment Module / 150 -- 7.3 Operations Planning / 151 -- 8 BUSINESS MODELS FOR AUTOMATED TRANSIT APPLICATIONS 157 -- 8.1 Public Owner and Operator / 159 -- 8.2 Private Owner and Operator / 162 -- 8.3 Public and Private Partners / 166 -- 9 LESSONS LEARNED 173 -- 9.1 Driving Can Be Replaced / 174 -- 9.2 Public Policy: A Double-Edged Sword / 175 -- 9.3 Design Matters / 177 -- 9.4 Demonstration Projects are Needed / 178 -- 10 FUTURE DIRECTIONS 181 -- 10.1 Grow Automated Transit Applications / 182 -- 10.2 Create New Mode / 183 -- 10.3 Conduct Further Research / 185 -- 10.4 Sponsor Demonstration Projects / 187 -- 10.5 Develop Performance Measures / 188 -- 10.6 Encourage Diverse Business Models / 189 -- 10.7 Gather Public Support / 191 -- INDEX 197. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829994403321 |
Liu Rongfang
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| Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons Inc., , [2017] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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