ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on fixed-guideway rail systems with exclusive or semi-exclusive rights of way for the reasons mentioned above, and will include light rail transit (LRT), heavy rail transit, automated guideway transit (AGT), monorail, and magnetic levitation/pneumatic-tube systems. It includes a discussion of some hybrid rail and solar-powered rail technologies. heavy rail systems include both underground, rapid rail transit (RRT) or metros found in dense, urban areas, commuter rail systems that link outlying areas to the periphery of the city, and regional rail lines that span between cities/states/countries. The chapter describes heavy rail systems include both underground, RRT or metros found in dense, urban areas, commuter rail systems that link outlying areas to the periphery of the city, and regional rail lines that span between cities/states/countries. The plan called for the configuration of high-density housing, industrial sites, and urban centers in a ring around the urban core, linked together by a high-capacity and efficient transportation network.
