Title: CAB TRACK SOLVES THE CRISES WITHIN PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Abstract: CAB TRACK IS A NEW FORM OF URBAN TRANSPORT WHICH WOULD HELP TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PRIVATE CARS IN TOWNS AND ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR UNDERGROUND TRAINS. THE CAB TRACK SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF DRIVELESS CARS WHICH GO DIRECTLY FROM TERMINUS TO TERMINUS. MANY DIFFERENT SYSTEMS ARE BEING DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. MOST OF THEM USE SOME VARIATION IN THE SYNCHRONOUS SLOT SYSTEM, IN WHICH THE CABS ARE CONTROLLED BY ELECTRIC IMPULSES WHICH KEEP THEM AT A GIVEN DISTANCE FROM EACH OTHER. EACH CAB TAKES 2 TO 4 PASSENGERS. IN ORDER TO COMPETE WITH PASSENGER CARS, THE CAB TRACK MUST BE COMFORTABLE AND FAST. A LARGE PROPORTION OF THE GOODS DISTRIBUTED WITHIN A CITY COULD BE SENT IN CONTAINERS FIXED ON THE CABS. INVESTIGATIONS HAVE SHOWN THAT THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS USING PUBLIC VEHICLES WILL INCREASE FROM 13 TO 38% IF THE CAB TRACK SYSTEM IS FULLY DEVELOPED. AT PRESENT IT IS ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT 50 AMERICAN CITIES ARE INVESTIGATING THE CAB TRACK SYSTEM. TWO SYSTEMS WILL BE CONTRACTED SHORTLY. IN GOTHENBURG A CAB TRACK SYSTEM COULD BE BUILT FOR HALF THE COST OF A CORRESPONDING UNDERGROUND RAILWAY. /TRRL/
Publication Year: 1972
Publication Date: 1972-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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