Canadian-German Workshop on Urban Transit Technology (1st) Held in Toronto (Canada) on September 16-17, 1986. (Erster Deutsch-Kanadischer Workshop fuer Nahverkehrstechnologie)

摘要

Contents: Sponsorship of R&D in public transit by the Federal Ministry for Research and Technology; Cooperation in R&D by public transit companies; Canadian Transit Association; Transport Quebec's implication in urban transport R&D; An overview of Ontario's urban transit R&D programs; The status of technical development of light rail systems in the Federal Republic of Germany; Articulated light rail vehicle; The M-Bahn: an automated transit system, operated from central control; Vancouver Skytrain; The development of S-Bahn and regional express services; Bus standardization in Germany; A transit bus adapted to the needs of the disabled; The dual-mode bus system; Alternative fuels in transit; Regenerative diesel-hydraulic power train for the urban bus; The Standardized Automatic Passenger Information System; Canadian overview of information systems for passengers; The Mississauga transit automated telephone information system; Priority service at traffic signals for light-rail-transit and bus; Toward an integrated management information system; The development of a service analysis system in Ottawa-Carleton; An interactive system for buses and crew scheduling; Flexible operation command & control system for public transit; Computerized system for timetable and staff compilation; Computerized operation control system; Communications and information system at the Toronto Transit Commission; Interactive systems in urban transit; Improvements to the public passenger transportation sector by means of the extensive development of EDP supported procedures; Transit information communication control system.