• DocumentCode
    1544399
  • Title

    Progress in rail transportation: Next: London to Paris in just over 3 hours, and a fast ride from Oakland to San Francisco for 60 cents

  • Author

    Friedlander, Gordon D.

  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1974
  • Firstpage
    66
  • Lastpage
    70
  • Abstract
    Similar perhaps in technologies, 1973 transportation schemes differed considerably in priorities from nation to nation. The U.S., while toying with the interurban Amtrak network, primarily concentrated on its commuter plans — BART, its already operating model system, and PRT (personalized rapid transit), a scheme for the urban future.
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.1974.6501098
  • Filename
    6501098