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Topia!: Science: Technology: Transportation (115)
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 Innovative Transportation Technologies - By Jerry Schneider. Classified descriptions, diagrams, over 40 transport technologies: planned, operating; electric and not; manual, automated; 1-/2-mode; freight/people movers (PRT); top mount, suspended; mono-/bi-rails, automated highways; fora, conference reports.American Society of Highway Engineers - Resources and news for highway engineers. Road Engineering Association of Malaysia - REAM represents the road engineering fraternity in Malaysia, helping formulate and establish standards, guidelines and specifications for road engineering. Hydro Lance Corp. - High Aspect Ratio Twin Hull (H.A.R.T.H.): new, innovative marine ocean ship platform architecture with passive designed, high stability and safety, low fuel use, achieves high speeds in high seas: 50-75 knots. Predit - French national program in land transport research and innovation. Information about strategic program efforts to improve performance relative to energy, noise, pollution and environment. The National Transportation Library - Provides online access to documents and databases covering all aspects of transportation in the U.S. Material is contributed by public and private organizations around the country and access is free. DP 121 Weigh-In-Motion Technology - Review of various systems for weighing moving vehicles for highway weight enforcement, traffic data collection, and military and industrial operations, using technologies such as hydraulic load cells, bending-plate strain gauges, and piezoelectric sensors. C2C: Project Coast 2 Coast - Goal: build a small fleet of tricycle motorcycle/car vehicles, to drive from L.A. to N.Y., coast-to-coast, on one tank of gasoline each, nonstop except to change drivers. Purpose: to demonstrate efficient vehicles. AWAKE - Pipeline project for a system to assess driver vigilance and give off a warning, if need be. Lists consortium members and purpose of the project. Based in Europe. The ADVISORS project - Action for advanced Driver assistance and Vehicle control systems Implementation, Standardisation, Optimum use of the Road network and Safety. Includes project description and reports, a virtual driving lab, and related links. Poma Otis - Supplies and installs automated people movers. Includes products, specifications, and existing systems. Alexander Communications Group, Inc. - Offers several newsletters on emerging energy and transportation technology, including intelligent transportation systems (ITS), alternative vehicles, and fuel cell research and development. Some free content. The Transport Pages - Image galleries about railways, road transport, trams, road steam, heritage transport, steam locomotives, and buses. Future Transportation - Small enthusiast site, with maglev trains, solar sails, transport history. Brief descriptions, diagrams, photographs. SMRTram Downtown Transit Technology - Tram system for pedestrians to stretch average walking access distances along selected corridors, to create new urban transport solutions. Similar to light rail, but with rubber tires on concrete guideway. 1998 Transportation Engineering and Safety Conference - Four tracks of parallel sessions, transport technology exhibit, optional professional workshops. Held at Pennsylvania State University, 11-13 December 2002. Advanced Transit Association - ATRA promotes developing technologies such as Personal Rapid Transit (PRT), identifies problems and ways advanced systems can help solve them. Descriptions, studies (download, paper), videos, PRT Model Project, calendar, links. Citizens for Personal Rapid Transit: CPRT - Non-profit, grassroots, volunteer organization, begun in Minneapolis, MN. Goals: provide information on PRT features and benefits; promote PRT as effective option to meet transport needs. News, calendar, resources, links. I.N.S.E.A.N. - Description of research facilities and programs. Includes publications.
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