• DocumentCode
    1409715
  • Title

    Automobiles vs. railways for urban transportation

  • Author

    Gordon, Charles

  • Author_Institution
    American Electric Railway Association
  • Volume
    50
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1931
  • Firstpage
    4
  • Lastpage
    8
  • Abstract
    Electric power in urban transportation presents an opportunity and a challenge to the electrical engineer that is emphasized more strongly as street congestion grows worse in all centers of population. Tremendous public expenditures are being made for street improvement, but will that afford economical transportation?
  • Keywords
    Automobiles; Cities and towns; Economics; Power systems; Road transportation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electrical Engineering
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0095-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/EE.1931.6430131
  • Filename
    6430131