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Automated Transit Networks (ATN): a Review of the State of the Industry and Prospects for the Future, MTI Report 12-31 San Jose State University SJSU ScholarWorks Mineta Transportation Institute Publications 9-1-2015 Automated Transit Networks (ATN): A Review of the State of the Industry and Prospects for the Future, MTI Report 12-31 Burford Furman San Jose State University, [email protected] Sam Ellis Lawrence Fabian Peter Muller Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/mti_publications Part of the Transportation Commons Recommended Citation Burford Furman, Sam Ellis, Lawrence Fabian, and Peter Muller. "Automated Transit Networks (ATN): A Review of the State of the Industry and Prospects for the Future, MTI Report 12-31" Mineta Transportation Institute Publications (2015). This Report is brought to you for free and open access by SJSU ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Mineta Transportation Institute Publications by an authorized administrator of SJSU ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. MTI Funded by U.S. Department of Automated Networks Transit (ATN) Transportation and California Automated Transit Networks Department of Transportation (ATN): A Review of the State of the Industry and Prospects for the Future MTI ReportMTI 12-31 MTI Report 12-31 September 2014 MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE MTI FOUNDER Hon. Norman Y. Mineta The Norman Y. Mineta International Institute for Surface Transportation Policy Studies was established by Congress in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA). The Institute’s Board of Trustees revised the name to Mineta MTI BOARD OF TRUSTEES Transportation Institute (MTI) in 1996. 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With the active assistance of the California San José State University San José State University Peter Haas, Ph.D. Education Director Katherine Kao Cushing, Ph.D. Diana Wu Enviromental Science Martin Luther King, Jr. Library Donna Maurillo San José State University San José State University Communications Director DISCLAIMER Dave Czerwinski, Ph.D. Brian Michael Jenkins Marketing and Decision Science The contents of this report reflect the views of the authors, who are responsible for the facts and accuracy of the information presented National Transportation Safety and San José State University herein. This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Security Center Program and the California Department of Transportation, in the interest of information exchange. This report does not necessarily reflect the official views or policies of the U.S. government, State of California, or the Mineta Transportation Institute, who assume no liability Asha Weinstein Agrawal, Ph.D. for the contents or use thereof. This report does not constitute a standard specification, design standard, or regulation. National Transportation Finance Center REPORT 12-31 AUTOMATED TRANSIT NETWORKS (ATN): A REVIEW OF THE STATE OF THE INDUSTRY AND PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE Burford Furman, Ph.D. Lawrence Fabian Sam Ellis Peter Muller Ron Swenson September 2014 A publication of Mineta Transportation Institute Created by Congress in 1991 College of Business San José State University San José, CA 95192-0219 TECHNICAL REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE 1. Report No. 2. Government Accession No. 3. Recipient’s Catalog No. CA-MTI-14-1227 4. Title and Subtitle 5. Report Date Automated Transit Networks (ATN): September 2014 A Review of the State
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