Public Transport Guidance systems comparison
Charcon Redland Tbus Wire Kerb wheels Bombardier Translohr
Access Kerb Kassel Kerb GLT
technology manual manual electronic mechanical mechanical mechanical
and electrical
status proven proven theory only proven in a being installed Experimental
few instances only
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pros cheap cheap, low cost, full Inherent bus full guidance Single wire
effective, assistive guideway overhead
especially with guidance capability
indicative
warning
system
cons no guidance guidance not built, Has found little requires traffic requires traffic
assistive at trolleybus only favour disruption to disruption to
stops only, at install install
drivers whim
opinion Of use to Least Unknown Good potential May be of No orders,
conform with expensive where limited cost unlikely to
Disability guidance segregation is advantage save much on
guidelines only system required a full LRT
installation
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Matra Civis Millenium Ansaldo
Guideway Stream
optical electro electro
magnetic magnetic
conduit
unproven difficult Experimental
installation only
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possibly proven in No overhead
cheapest full simplified form
guidance
system
unproven, shown to be Complex,
liable to difficult to unproven in
technological install service
dependence
Depends on Biased by Unlikely to
trials, in current succeed
perhaps 2 problems outside Italy
years time
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