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IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ^ 3a 17 \mm U.S. DEPARTMENT A DIRECTORY of of TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT Urban Mass Transportation and DEMONSTRATION Administration PROJECTS Washington, D.C. 20590 Fiscal Year 1976 A DIRECTORY OF RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS Fiscal Year 1976 and Transition Quarter, July 1, 1975-September 30, 1976 Produced by The Office of Public Affairs U.S. Department of Transportation Urban Mass Transportation Administration Washington, D.C. 20590 Introduction This annual publication contains urban mass transportation into a Details on ordering appear in Ap- descriptions of current research, representative urban environment. pendix 2 in the back of this volume. development and demonstration This permits measurement of pas- Additional information about UM- (RD&D) projects sponsored and senger and community acceptance TA's RD&D activity also appears in funded by the U.S. Department of of the innovation, collection and Appendix 2. Transportation's Urban Mass Trans- evaluation of operating and financial UMTA's research, development portation Administration (UMTA). statistics to ascertain economic and demonstration activities are These projects are conducted viability, and an evaluation of the conducted in the areas of policy, under the authority of Section 6(a) operational performance of new technology and service methods of the Urban Mass Transportation methods or equipment in daily and techniques. Several of UMTA's Act of 1964, as amended (78 Stat. public service. component offices are involved in 302, 49 U.S.C. 1601 et. seq.). This It is UMTA's policy to make such research: Transportation Man- statute authorizes the Secretary of available to the public as readily as agement and Demonstrations, Poli- Transportation "to undertake re- possible information about re- cy and Program Development and search, development, and demon- search, development and demon- Technology Development and De- stration projects in all phases of stration activities conducted under ployment (limited research also is urban mass transportation . the Urban Mass Transportation Act directed by UMTA's Office of Civil which he determines will assist in of 1964, as amended. The principal Rights). the reduction of urban transporta- method of reporting is through This directory is divided into tion needs, the improvement of mass annual publication of the compila- subject areas according to the transportation service, or the contri- tion of reports on the status of UMTA office which directs those bution of such service toward meet- individual projects. projects. The first five chap- ing total urban transportation needs The volume dated June 30, 1972 ters—dealing with bus and para- at minimum costs." constituted an historical record of all transit, rail, new systems and auto- This activity includes "the devel- projects funded underthe Act to that mation, socio-economic and special opment, testing and demonstration point as well as projects funded projects, and safety and product of new facilities, equipment, tech- earlier under authorization of the qualification— detail research and niques and methods." Projects may Housing Act of 1961. This volume is development activities of the Office be conducted in-house, by public available from the National Techni- of Technology Development and bodies through grants, through cal Information Service (NTIS), Deployment. Chapter 6, Service and contracts with private firms, or access number PB-213-228. Methods Demonstrations, details through working agreements with Volumes of fiscal years 1973, 1974 projects conducted by the Office of other Federal departments and and 1975 serve as supplements to Transportation Management and agencies. UMTA generally initiates the comprehensive 1972 volume Demonstrations; Chapter 7, Policy and plans these RD&D projects and since they contain only updated and Program Development, details performs analytical tasks as well. descriptions of those projects active projects conducted by the office of Research projects are intended to in the fiscal year cited in addition to the same name. produce information about possible projects initiated or completed dur- improvements in urban mass trans- ing that year. Copies of these portation. The products of research volumes are available from the U.S. projects are reports or studies. Superintendent of Documents. Development projects involve Most of the completed projects Note: fabrication, testing, and evaluation included in this volume have reports The dates listed underthe "Schedule" section of project descriptions usually indicate the of new equipment, facilities, sys- already published or in the publica- period of time from approval by the UMTA tion tems or methods. The products of process. The Urban Mass Administrator to receipt of a draft of the final development projects include proto- Transportation Administration does report. The "Funding" section represents, type hardware, test results, and not distribute these reports unless except when otherwise indicated, Federal reports. so indicated. They are available from money provided by UMTA. This volume focuses on activity during the period July 1, Demonstration projects intro- the National Technical Information 1975-September30, 1976. Funding recipients duce, on an experimental basis, new Service, U.S. Department of Com- are listed as 'contractor' although some may methods, equipment or systems of merce, Springfield, Virginia, 22161. in fact be grantees. ii 7 Table of Contents Chapter I BUS AND PARATRANSIT 1 1. Bus and Paratransit Technology 1 • Design of a Modern 40-Foot Transit Bus (TRANSBUS) 1 FL-06-0012, IT-06-0025, MO-06-0009, NY-06-0045 • Small Bus Requirements, Concepts and Specifications 2 IT-06-0074 • Wheelchair Access to Current Buses 3 M 1-06-001 • Evaluation of the Florida Hybrid Bus 3 FL-06-0014 • Low Pollution Paratransit Vehicle 3 NY-06-0043, MA-06-0052, CA-06-0079, CA-06-0080, IL-06-0037 • Flywheel Energy Storage Systems 4 IT-06-0117 • Evaluation of Diesel Propulsion in Fleet Taxicabs 6 NY-06-0049, MA-06-0066 2. Automatic Vehicle Monitoring (AVM) and Communications Systems 6 • Advanced Area-Coverage Automatic Vehicle Monitoring 6 MA-06-0041 3. Dial-A-Ride Systems and Areawide Demand-Responsive Transit 7 • Rochester Demonstration Computer Software Support 8 MA-06-0071, DC-06-0141, DC-06-0099-02, 04, 05 • Dial-A-Ride Systems Analyses 8 VA-06-0024 • Cost Benefit Studies for Areawide Demand-Responsive Transportation 8 IT-06-0150, MA-06-0054 Chapter II RAIL TRANSIT 9 1. Rapid Rail Vehicles and Systems 9 • Urban Rapid Rail Vehicles and Systems Program 10 IT-06-0026 • Stored Energy (Flywheel) Propulsion for Rapid Rail Cars 12 NY-06-0006 • Railcar Standardization 13 IT-06-0131 Commuter Rail Vehicles and Systems 13 • Dual-Power Gas Turbine/Electric Commuter Rail Cars 13 NY-06-0005 3. Light Rail Vehicles and Systems 14 4. Urban Rail Supporting Technology (URST) 15 • Environmental Control in Underground Rapid Transit Systems 18 DC-06-0010 Chapter III NEW SYSTEMS AND AUTOMATION 19 1. Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) 19 • Advanced Group Rapid Transit System 20 CA-06-0094, PA-06-0036, CO-06-0008 • Automated Guideway Transit Technology 22 CA-06-0071, CA-06-0088, CA-06-0089, CA-06-0091, DC-06-0142, MD-06-0022, MA-06-0048, VA-06-0025, VA-06-0041 others , DOT-TSC-1220, to be assigned iii 2. The AGT Applications Program 23 • Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit Demonstration Project 23 MA-06-0026, WV-03-0006, WV-06-0003, WV-06-0005, WV-06-0006, WV-06-0007 • Downtown People Mover (DPM) Project 25 to be determined 3. Accelerating Walkways 25 • Accelerating Walkway System 25 IT-06-0126 Chapter IV SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND SPECIAL PROJECTS , 26 1. Studies in Support of Policy 26 • Technological Qualifications and Operational Certification Guidelines 26 MA-06-0064 • Safety in Urban Mass Transportation 27 RI-06-0005 • Life Cycle Costing Feasibility Study 27 RI-06-0007 • Life Cycle Costing of Large Buses 27 VA-06-0039 • Life Cycle Cost Model for Comparing AGT and Conventional Transit Alternatives 28 CA-06-0090 • Effects of Alternative Metropolitan Development 28 IT-06-0129 2. Systems Development Projects 28 • Automated Information Directory System Prototype Development 28 DC-06-0154 • Automated Information Directory System Algorithm and Data Base Establishment 29 MD-06-0013-01 • Time-Calibrated Self-Cancelling Ticket 29 IT-06-0125, RI-06-0009 • Elderly and Handicapped Technology— Safety of Wheelchair Loading and Securement Systems 29 CA-06-0098 3. Experimental Design 29 • Experimental Design and Analysis Support 29 IT-06-0130 • Experimental Design for Pneumatic Transport System in Tunneling 30 DC-06-0153 4. Socio-Economic Analyses 30 • Analysis of Urban Transportation Needs with Implication for AGT Systems 31 MD-1 1-0001 Chapter V SAFETY AND PRODUCT QUALIFICATION 32 • Transit Systems Material Information Bank 32 MA-06-0051 • Safety and System Assurance Training Program 32 DC-06-0139 • Safety and System Assurance Support 33 DC-06-0123 • Mass Transit Safety and Systems Assurance 33 MA-06-0060 iv Chapter VI SERVICE AND METHODS DEMONSTRATIONS 34 1. Priority Treatment for Transit and Other High Occupancy Vehicles 35 • Santa Monica Freeway Concurrent Flow Reserved Bus and Carpool Lane— Los Angeles, California . .35 CA-06-0083, CA-06-0086 • Miami l-95/Northwest 7th Avenue Bus-Carpool Priority System 36 FL-06-0006 • Corridor Improvements in Houston, Texas 36 TX-06-0018 • Auto Restricted Zone/Multi-User Vehicle Systems Study 37 VA-06-0042 • Urban Goods Movement Demonstration Project Design 38 IL-06-0030 • Transit Mall Study 38 DOT-TSC-0181 2. Paratransit 39 • Coordinated Paratransit Service Demonstration Project 39 TN-06-0006 • Paratransit Service Innovations 39 DC-06-0120 • Integrated Demand-Responsive, Fixed-Route Transit Systems 39 NY-06-0048 • Integrated Taxi/Fixed-Route Transit System 40 CT-06-0007-1 • Ride-Sharing Paratransit Agency Study 40 PA-06-0035 • Arlington, Virginia Shared-Ride Taxi Study 41 VA-06-0032 • Nassau County Shared Taxi Demonstration 41 NY-06-0059 • Taxicab Feeder to Bus Service 41 LA-06-0002 • Feasibility Study of Multiple Trip Subscription Bus Service 42 CA-06-0084 • Vanpool Demonstration Program 42 VA-06-0033 3.