THE AUTOMOBILE'S ROLE IN THE FUTURE

Abstract

The paper explores the competition between various modes of travel as a function of range and between travel and electronics for communicating. An evolutionary development of our means of travel is described which would introduce new concepts for improving the capacity and capability of our urban transportation systems while mollifying unwanted side effects. A freeway Express Transit is outlined which would better use the already huge investment commitments in land, equipment, and social way of life that have made the automobile such an important factor. It would retain the eminent role of the automobile while evolving the transportation systems toward more socially satisfying means.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0703564

Entities

People

  • John L. Hult

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Pollution
  • Automobiles
  • Capital Investments
  • Commerce
  • Communities
  • Computers
  • Dwell Time
  • Economic Development
  • Environment
  • Governments
  • Land Transportation
  • Law
  • Money
  • Safety
  • Seat Belts
  • Transportation
  • Urban Areas

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics