Transportation in America's future: potentials for the next half century. Part 2. Transportation forecasts. Final report
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5316700
The following topics are discussed: transportation demand and energy estimates; transportation trends and issues under three futures for 1995; prospects for new and improved transportation systems by 2025 (air, avionics, shipping, pipelines and tunnels, railroads, intercity buses, highways and streets, trucking, automobiles, urban transit and rail, paratransit, pedestrian aids and bikeways, elderly and handicapped services); electric and hybrid automobiles; innovative urban systems; automated highway system; a generic approach to advanced freight systems; tracked levitated vehicles, improved passenger trains and buses; the successful SST; some transportation implications of future telecommunications technology; and transportation problems and opportunities.
- Research Organization:
- Stanford Research Inst., Menlo Park, CA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5316700
- Report Number(s):
- PB-270468
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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