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	Mass transit system - Patent 5797330
		The system according to claim 2, further including a plurality of track selection means provided to direct vehicles to one of a plurality of tracks connected at a junction location within the network, each track selection means installed in the vicinity of, and responsive to, at least one of the plurality of track units.
		The system according to claim 5, wherein a plurality of the track units are located at spaced locations with known distances between at least two successive track units, thereby supporting the determination of the velocity of respective passenger vehicles as the vehicles pass the successive track units.
		The system according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the passenger stations are elevated with respect to the main tracks, thereby providing an incline to slow the passenger vehicles when approaching the passenger stations and accelerate the passenger vehicles when departing the passenger stations.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /5797330.html (11327 words)

	Chapter 267 — Mass Transit Districts; Transportation Districts
		(4) The boundaries of the metropolitan district shall, for purposes of mass transit, be extended to encompass all the territory of the transit district.
		As provided by ORS 267.010 to 267.390, a mass transit district may be created in any standard metropolitan statistical area for the purpose of providing a mass transit system for the people of the district.
		The territorial boundaries of a mass transit district whose formation was initiated under ORS 267.107 shall include, as a minimum area, all of the territory within the urban growth boundary, as the urban growth boundary may exist from time to time, of the city that proposed creation of the mass transit district.
	www.leg.state.or.us /ors/267.html (9489 words)

	Urban Transport Technology - Budapest Metro Four Mass Transit Underground System - Hungary
		Furthermore the greater part of surface mass transit is crowded into the Moricz Zsigmond korter-inner Bartok Bela ut-Gellert ter route, that runs along the natural obstruction posed by Gellert Hill.
		During this period, a feasibility study for the first section of the 4th metro line was prepared with the intention of resolving the long missing mass transit link and determining the main parameters of the recommended solution.
		The significant time savings in mass transit and road traffic as well as the savings made in terms of environmental protection and fewer road accidents, will, as shown by the cost-benefit analysis, result in an 8.3% internal rate of return for the project.
	www.urbantransport-technology.com /projects/budapest/index.html (700 words)

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		The proposed transit system is not the only issue these two officials find themselves on opposite sides of, however, as being the largest public project undergone in Hillsborough county, it is a big one.
		In Portland, for example, the system is designed to move people from outside the center, to downtown and thus concentrates a majority of the transit traffic in that region.
		A study of the success of mass transit systems would lead one to conclude no. Despite the relative success of some transit systems in Dallas or San Diego, substantial use of mass transit can only be found in cities that developed it before the widespread use of the automobile.
	www.cas.usf.edu /philosophy/mass/John.html (3330 words)

	kiat.net: Kuala Lumpur - Mass Transit (STAR/PUTRA/Monorail)
		The system design concept and route layout were devised by Taylor Woodrow during the promotional phase, and developed during the detailed design and construction period.
		The system underwent a period of intense testing and trial running and a full complement of staff was recruited and trained before being handed over to STAR ahead of schedule.
		PUTRA - Projeck Usahasama Transit Ringan Automatik, was incorporated on 24th October 1994 to design, construct, operate and maintain the LRT System 2 for Kuala Lumpur and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Renong, a 100% Malaysian-owned company with a good track record in engineering, project management and construction of highways, power facilities and infrastructure works.
	www.kiat.net /malaysia/KL/transit.html (3359 words)

	Public transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Increased road traffic congestion and improved transit systems are reducing or eliminating this disparity in many areas, and public transport use rises sharply with population density.
		Transit systems earn incidental revenue from their unused real estate, in the form of parking fees, leasing space to shops and vendors, advertising, and lately, leasing their tunnels and rights-of-way to carry fiber optic communication lines.
		Transit oriented development attempts to maximize the economic and environmental benefits of public transit investments by encouraging greater development density within walking distance of stations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mass_transit_system (3852 words)

	Mass Transportation Security Systems
		These base-line measures could be adjusted in consultation with transit and rail system owners and operators in response to higher threat levels or specific threats in the future.
		Systems participated in exercises, protocols, and training for identifying the effects of a chemical/biological attack and have developed system-wide Employee Awareness Campaigns as well as deployed chemical and biological detection equipment.
		All major state and local mass transit and rail commuter operators have completed vulnerability assessments since Sept. 11 with federal technical assistance to best determine where current and future security resources must be directed to reduce vulnerabilities to terrorism.
	www.globalsecurity.org /security/systems/mass-transit.htm (2406 words)

	Urban Resource Centre
		Recently, a seminar on rail based mass transit systems was arranged in Karachi by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Pakistan and the Mass Transit Cell of the Karachi City Government.
		Again, neither the Bangkok nor the Manila systems serve the suburbs of the city whereas the major movement of commuters is from the suburbs to the city centre.
		Similarly, in Manila, transit ways were not built near the historic fort area and major changes were made to building an elevated light rail through the Macarty district to address environmental and heritage concerns of the citizens and urban planners.
	www.urckarachi.org /mass.htm (3430 words)

	Vehicle Mass Transit System
		The Vehicle Mass Transit System (also known as Autobus or Carbus) is a concept developed by Professor Andrew A. Frank at the University of California at Davis.
		The main idea is to provide a means for substantially increasing the utilization of the existing freeway system while providing for high speed, stressless travel by persons riding in the comfort and privacy of their own vehicle.
		Of course, the cost of implementing such a system would be quite modest when compared to proposals for rail transit systems because the VMTS would be able to more fully utilize the existing freeway system.
	faculty.washington.edu /jbs/itrans/vmts.htm (811 words)

	Houston, a city on the move - sans mass transit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Conventional wisdom has always dictated that any sort of mass-transit system is doomed to failure in Houston, for the same reasons that doom it in Tulsa or Phoenix.
		Mass transit might be fine for Chicago, Boston, New York and other cities which developed largely before the advent of the automobile and have several more inhabitants per square mile than Houston.
		It turns out that the rail system recently implemented in Dallas, another low-density automobile-oriented city, is actually exceeding expectations in terms of ridership.
	www.stp.uh.edu /vol62/105/OpEd/Op1/Op1.html (525 words)

	Clean Air Initiative: Asia - Dhaka needs mass transit system
		The transit and mass transportation system of Dhaka has deteriorated badly in the last ten to fifteen years.
		What a METRO system does for a mega city is that it removes a huge number and percentage of passengerload and vehicles from the surface road network.
		Hence they have opted for a METRO system, that is efficient, viable and able to move large number of commuters rapidly, that is unhindered by other surface traffic.
	www.cleanairnet.org /caiasia/1412/article-70430.html (2192 words)

	Metroblogging Karachi: Mass Transit System
		a mass transit system was planned during the era of one of previous governments.
		Mass transit system for Karachi is not yet burried in fact City government, provincial gov and federals have plans like circular railway, magnetic rails called metros Delhi recently started running them, green busses and many other options.
		Mass transit system of any megapolis doesnt mean trains and subways only.
	karachi.metblogs.com /archives/2005/03/every_part_of_k.phtml (302 words)

	Your city's mass transit system - SkyscraperCity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mass transit is much more a part of life here than it is in L.A. (especially in the central city).
		The CTA is just one aspect of a fractionated transit system in Chicago, if you ask me. Total rail and bus ridership that excludes Metra/Pace contributions fails to express the importance of transit in the Chicago area.
		The LIRR system is comprised of over 700 miles of track on 11 different branches, stretching from Montauk -- on the eastern tip of Long Island -- to the refurbished Penn Station in the heart of Manhattan, approximately 120 miles away.
	www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=226464 (4923 words)

	Gulfnews: Revival of mass transit system likely to boost investment
		Islamabad: The revival of Pakistan's national mass transit authority under orders from prime minister Shaukat Aziz may not be immediately seen as a development of interest to the country's financial markets.
		The proposed mass transit systems which would have to be largely built on networks of commuter trains backed by bus links, must be financed with billions of dollars of new investments and not necessarily all from the public sector.
		The financial viability of a mass transit system can be in little doubt given the large numbers of commuters who travel to offices in the morning in large urban cities.
	archive.gulfnews.com /business/Markets/10062913.html (732 words)

	Featured Project \| Delhi Mass Rapid Transit System \| Page 2
		Strategies included a system for wastewater management, disposal of soil from tunneling activities in an environmentally responsible way, and a program to transplant trees removed from the alignment and plant new saplings along the route.
		The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation pursued environmental and safety objectives during the construction and operation of the Metro by seeking and achieving ISO accreditation.
		ISO 14001 Environmental Management accreditation was achieved on two sections of the construction works, making this the first metro system in the world to receive this certification during the construction phase.
	www.pbworld.com /projects/featured/delhi_mass_rapid_transit_2.asp (196 words)

	Mass Transit in Tampa:
		Bicycling is iffy and unpleasant, and the bus system is a joke.
		This website is the work of Honors students at the University of South Florida who have investigated the possibility of a mass transit system in Tampa.
		summarizes the historical dismantling of mass transit systems that happened both locally and nationally at the behest of car and oil companies.
	www.cas.usf.edu /philosophy/mass/index.html (380 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Editorial - Our Opinion /2005/08/09/
		CITY Council members are to cast the final vote tomorrow on financing of a mass transit system from downtown to Kapolei.
		Rail transit has been proposed for Oahu for decades but was rejected in 1982 and again in 1992, when then-Councilwoman Rene Mansho cast the swing vote, explaining that she "didn't fully understand" it.
		The plan is for the system to run between Honolulu and Kapolei, with hub-and-spoke bus systems feeding commuters into transit centers.
	starbulletin.com /2005/08/09/editorial/editorials.html (495 words)

	GreenBiz News \| 2004 Republican National Convention To Use Mass Transit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		NEW YORK, July 15, 2004 - The 2004 Republican National Convention has announced a transportation plan that will be used to efficiently move the expected 50,000 delegates, party officials, speakers, supporters and credentialed media throughout the city during the four-day event and allow New Yorkers to commute as usual.
		The convention will encourage visitors to utilize the city's mass transit system to tour the city's wealth of cultural, shopping and other attractions during their stay.
		The express bus system, called GOP Liberty Express, will use pre-designated travel lanes before and after the convention's single day-time session on Monday and four evening sessions from Monday through Thursday evenings.
	www.greenbiz.com /news/news_third.cfm?NewsID=26959 (688 words)

	Tampabay: Mayor proposes mass transit plan
		The proposal was the one surprise in a speech in which Iorio otherwise touted progress on goals she set when she was elected two years ago to make Tampa a more "livable" city.
		But her transit referendum proposal appeared curiously timed, particularly if her plan calls for higher taxes, which would be the main reason it would go to a vote.
		And she said she didn't have a defined idea of what she is seeking, other than to say the county's bus system currently is not doing the job.
	www.sptimes.com /2005/03/29/Tampabay/Mayor_proposes_mass_t.shtml (867 words)

	PREVENTING MASS TRANSIT TERROR ATTACKS
		The theory is that the certainty of being identified by the system deters criminal acts.
		The system also prints the word gun or knife on the image, next to the spot where the weapon was detected, enabling a security officer to take appropriate preventive action.
		Brijot proposes millimeter wave technology to form the core of a new mass transit screening system that would detect weapons and explosives, without slowing down the flow of passengers to and from the transportation platform.
	govtsecurity.com /mag/preventing_mass_transit/index.html (1790 words)

	Public Acceptance of New Mass Transit System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Two aspects of community acceptance are identified and examined: (1)Whether the respondents think that the PRT will be an efficient means of transportation; and (2) whether the respondents believe that the PRT is an asset to the community.
		The data indicate that persons who perceive the new system as contributing to a progressive image for the community were generally favorable toward the PRT.
		In addition, respondents who now use buses or who anticipate using the PRT are especially favorable toward the system as an asset to the community’s image.
	www.pubs.asce.org /WWWdisplay.cgi?5012361 (162 words)

	DAWN - Editorial; February 21, 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		To start with, the city has no mass transit system and a programme to build one lies folded in the files and cupboards of the city managers’ record rooms for over 15 years now.
		What Karachi needs is a well thought-out mass transit system that takes care of the existing as well as the projected future needs of the city.
		Now the Indus River System Authority (Irsa) chief engineer has weighed in with the warning that only five to six feet of water was available in Tarbela that would last for only two days and that Mangla has already touched the dead level.
	www.dawn.com /2003/02/21/ed.htm (1244 words)

	Frustrated rider files complaint against Guam Mass Transit System
		Riders of the Guam Mass Transit System are fed up with the lack of consistency with bus services on island.
		The instability with local public transit has many riders frustrated with a system that has failed in numerous ways.
		With a recent Supreme Court decision affirming its earlier opinion that the contract for mass transit services has not been awarded to Kloppenberg Enterprises, Conway and other mass transit passengers must wait every month to see which company is awarded emergency procurement of bus services.
	www.kuam.com /news/18140.aspx (712 words)

	The Straight Dope: Did General Motors destroy the LA mass transit system?
		But most authorities agree that trolleys bit the dust in LA and elsewhere not because of a conspiracy but because they were slow and inconvenient compared to autos, and in the long run just couldn't compete.
		Buses were looked on as the transit industry's salvation because they were cheaper to operate and maintain than trolleys, with no tracks or wires.
		In fact, the PE had begun to convert to buses in 1917, and had changed over 35 percent of its system by 1939.
	www.straightdope.com /classics/a2_335.html (614 words)

	Lahore Rapid Mass Transit System - SkyscraperCity
		Initially, MVA Asia was given the contract to prepare the technical feasibility of the transit system's Green Line whose construction cost was estimated at about $2 billion, sources said, adding that MVA Asia had planned to design the Green Line covering an area of 27 kilometres from Shahdara to Kahna.
		A mass transit system for Lahore has been the focus of discussion in government circles for many years.
		The feasibility of a light rail transit system was made by Japanese development organisation JICA in 1991 during Nawaz Sharif's term as prime minister.
	www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=327533 (656 words)

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