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LIGHT RAIL OR AUTOMATIC GUIDED TRANSIT

F Kuehn

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The quality and attractiveness of urban public transit has been improved by several technological innovations over the past 20 years. Operating conditions have been transformed, with improved safety and flexibility; adaptation to the needs of passengers and operators can be ensured owing to the possibilities offered by automation. Light rail and automatic guided transit systems present intermediate characteristics between those of buses riding on shared right of way and those of conventional metros on segregated right of way, from the point of view of investment costs. Light rail transit can also offer similar service and operating costs. This paper presents the two types of new transit systems operating in France for more than ten years: light rail and automatic guided transit.

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The quality and attractiveness of urban public transit has been improved by several technological innovations over the past 20 years. Operating conditions have been transformed, with improved safety and flexibility; adaptation to the needs of passengers and operators can be ensured owing to the possibilities offered by automation. Light rail and automatic guided transit systems present intermediate characteristics between those of buses riding on shared right of way and those of conventional metros on segregated right of way, from the point of view of investment costs. Light rail transit can also offer similar service and operating costs. This paper presents the two types of new transit systems operating in France for more than ten years: light rail and automatic guided transit.

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The quality and attractiveness of urban public transit has been improved by several technological innovations over the past 20 years. Operating conditions have been transformed, with improved safety and flexibility; adaptation to the needs of passengers and operators can be ensured owing to the possibilities offered by automation. Light rail and automatic guided transit systems present intermediate characteristics between those of buses riding on shared right of way and those of conventional metros on segregated right of way, from the point of view of investment costs. Light rail transit can also offer similar service and operating costs. This paper presents the two types of new transit systems operating in France for more than ten years: light rail and automatic guided transit.

Key concepts: Public transport, Transit (satellite), Flexibility (engineering), Light rail transit, Automation, Light rail, Transport engineering, Adaptation (eye)

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