Chicago circulator turns to “Smart” Technology

Author

Needels, Foster ; Hoveskeland, Ardell

fYear

1994

fDate

22-24 Mar 1994

Firstpage

153

Lastpage

155

Abstract

Chicago is planning to build a Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) System known as the Central Area Circulator. The eight-mile line will operate in mixed street traffic in the dense downtown area crowded with pedestrians, automobiles, and buses. To bring the CAC to reality their conflicting requirements must be satisfied. The Circulator Design Team turned to “Smart” Technology to control both the Light Rail Vehicles and the intersections. Two-way communications between LRVs and the intersection controllers will also be utilized to minimize routine delays to the LRVs. The implementation of these control technologies will optimize the utilization of each transportation mode

Keywords

rail traffic; railways; rapid transit systems; traffic computer control; Central Area Circulator; Chicago; Light Rail Vehicle System; Light Rail Vehicles control; Smart Technology; intersection controllers; mixed street traffic; two-way communications; Automobiles; Control systems; Delay; Detectors; Light rail systems; Lighting control; Phase detection; Timing; Traffic control; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Railroad Conference, 1994., Proceedings of the 1994 ASME/IEEE Joint (in Conjunction with Area 1994 Annual Technical Conference)

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1890-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RRCON.1994.289010

Filename

289010