• DocumentCode
    1370166
  • Title

    Co-ordinated transportation for large metropolitan communities

  • Author

    Kearns, E. E.

  • Author_Institution
    General Electric Company, Erie, Pa.
  • Volume
    71
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1952
  • Firstpage
    54
  • Lastpage
    58
  • Abstract
    TRAFFIC congestion in our large centers of population exacts a staggering toll in inconvenience and financial loss each year. Emphasis to alleviate this condition has taken the direction of expediting the movement of vehicles. Analysis shows the fundamental problem to be that of moving people. In the light of this, co-ordinated transportation systems, such as here described, offer most attractive possibilities.
  • Keywords
    Cities and towns; Communities; Rails; Traffic control; Urban areas; Vehicles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Part II: Applications and Industry, Transactions of the
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0097-2185
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAI.1952.6371242
  • Filename
    6371242