Influence of transportation on past and present growth of American cities and reasons why present concepts of rapid transit do not seem to be suited to urban growth, to serve present and future urban populations; study being conducted by Chicago Transit Authority on feasibility of system that allows manual operation of vehicles as single units in low density surburban residential areas and automatic operation, possibly in trains, in high-density central cities. (see also abstract in SAE -- J v 68 n 9 Sept 1960 p 134)


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    Title :

    Need for new concept of rapid transit


    Additional title:

    SAE -- Paper


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SAE Meeting ; 1960



    Publication date :

    1960


    Size :

    18 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Need for new concept of rapid transit

    Kennedy, N. / Homburger, W.S. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1960


    THE NEED FOR A NEW CONCEPT OF RAPID TRANSIT

    KENNEDY, NORMAN / HOMBURGER, WOLFGANG S. | SAE Technical Papers | 1960


    Answering a growing need for adequate rapid transit

    Dana, E. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1930