The synthesis of an urban transportation system based on societal criteria

Overall system parameters -- Headway policiy -- Brick wall stop -- Finite failed vehicle Deceleration -- Controlled collision -- Capacity -- Travel time -- Average velocity -- Vehicle dimensions -- Acceleration and Jerk -- Safety factor -- Reaction time -- Position and velocity profiles -- Summary of overall system operating parameters -- The control strategy -- The car following control strategy -- Slot following algorithms -- Synchronous longitudinal guidance -- The slot in cyle reservation method -- The local conrtrollers -- Quasi-synchronous longitudinal guidance -- Synchronization of the vehicles with the slots -- Summary of the routing strategy -- The vehicle carriers and the guideway -- The vehicle carriers -- The guideway -- Switching.