A note on fare policy in personal rapid transit

Anderson, Jordan

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“…The vehicles cany from one to three persons who wish to travel together. As Anderson (1987) suggests, fares should be charged per vehicle instead of per passenger, so we convert passenger flow to vehicular flow by using an occupancy ratio. It is likely that when more than two vehicles need to use the same link at the same time, at least one of them may have to yield and slow down.…”

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Designing personal rapid transit (PRT) networks

Schneider

1991

J of Advced Transportation

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This paper presents a heuristic method for designing a PRT network. Because the PRT system operating characteristics and performance measures differ widely from those of conventional transit technologies, an algorithm for the PRT network design problem (NDP) is derived by using concepts from some current NDP algorithms. We minimize the sum of passenger travel time coss construction cost., vehicle cost and operational costs, subject to an available budget of guideway, a maximum number of vehicles and given l i i capacities. Starting with a well-connected initial network, the algorithm eliminates and adds links iteratively as it searches for a near-optimal solution. If this solution satisfies the budget constraint, it is considered to be acceptable. Otherwise, additional links are deleted until a feasible near-optimal solution is obtained. The link elimiation phase of the algorithm only considers half of the links at a time which greatly decreases computing time. None of the links in an acceptable solution will be overloaded.

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Designing personal rapid transit (PRT) networks

Schneider

1991

J of Advced Transportation

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It is time to give the “true PRT” concept a fair test

Floyd¹

1987

J of Advced Transportation

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True Personal Rapid Transit (PRT), in concept and technology, is considerably advanced over PRT as proposed in the 1960s and 1970s. It is one of the few advanced transit concepts-perhaps the only one-that offers a prospect of overcoming the continued serious deficiencies of conventional transit systems. Past criticisms of PRT were often invalid, but even those questions that deserved to be taken seriously then no longer justify a postponement of serious PRT testing. Conventional transit, in spite of over two decades of considerable governmental support, is proving unable to satisfy major transportation needs of American urban areas, which are increasingly dispersed and multi-centered. There is no indication that conventional transit can overcome sufficiently its performance and economic deficiencies. If PRT is not given a chance to be tested, local public officials will continue to be faced with too limited options as between auto-dominated transportation services and high subsidies for inadequate transit solutions.For over two decades 1 have worked in "urban mass transportation''-Transit-marketing buses, locomotives, heavy and light rail cars and components, equipment for transit stations and "wayside", and complete automated people mover systems. In addition, 1 have sometimes marketed consulting services for transportation planning and engineering.During these two decades I have supported all proposed capital and operational subsidies for transit that revealed the slightest hint of justification. If in doubt about their justification, I must concede that I faithfully tilted toward support instead of toward neutrality or opposition. You might say that I have been a "true be1iever"in transit. Even though my business interests were often served by this support of more money for transit, 1 advocated transit primarily because of a conviction that transit benefited urban life.

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Behandlung von Erkrankungen des Magen-Darm-Traktes

Kirsten¹,

Leuschner²

1991

Klinische Pharmakologie

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A note on fare policy in personal rapid transit

Cited by 5 publications

References 2 publications

Designing personal rapid transit (PRT) networks

Designing personal rapid transit (PRT) networks

It is time to give the “true PRT” concept a fair test

Behandlung von Erkrankungen des Magen-Darm-Traktes

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