Title :
From cars towards dual-mode personal transport systems
Author :
Clement, Stuart J. ; Ekner, Erik F H ; Taylor, Michael A P
Author_Institution :
Transp. Syst. Centre, Univ. of South Australia, SA, Australia
Abstract :
Dual-mode transport systems can be regarded as a hybrid of today´s road transport system, some elements of the current crop of ITS technologies and personal rapid transit (PRT) systems. In this paper we compare the personal transport characteristics of today´s system with an example-the simple platoon advancement (SPA) model-of future ITS deployment, and with PRT systems. Then we present dual-mode systems-for example the rapid urban flexible (RUF) system-as possessing characteristics of the above three systems.
Keywords :
automated highways; ITS technologies; PRT systems; RUF system; SPA model; dual-mode personal transport systems; dual-mode systems; personal rapid transit systems; rapid urban flexible system; simple platoon advancement model; Air pollution; Application specific processors; Automatic control; Communication system control; Control systems; Costs; Crops; Fasteners; Road vehicles; Vehicle safety;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2002. Proceedings. The IEEE 5th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7389-8
DOI :
10.1109/ITSC.2002.1041325
