Downtown People Mover Project

Japanese: Downtown People Mover Project(英語表記)DowntownPeopleMoverProject
Downtown People Mover Project

...Then, in 1975, the U.S. Congress' Office of Technology Assessment reviewed the development status of new transit systems and compiled the results as an "assessment of automated guideway transit." Based on this, the government created the Downtown People Mover Project (DPM) as a new urban new transit system plan, selected model cities across the U.S., and proceeded with formulating the plan, but it was suspended in 1981 due to President Reagan's policy. Representative new transit systems already in service include the approximately 6km route in Morgantown, West Virginia, and Air Trans at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport in Texas. ...

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Japanese:

…その後,75年にアメリカ合衆国議会技術評価局が新交通システムの開発状況を再検討し,その結果を〈automated guideway transitの評価〉としてまとめた。政府は,これに基づき新たに都心型新交通システム計画として,DPM計画(Downtown People Mover Projectの略)を企画し,全米からモデル都市を選び,計画の策定を進めたが,81年にレーガン大統領の政策により中断されている。すでに供用中の代表的な新交通システムとしては,ウェスト・バージニア州モルガンタウンでの約6kmの路線,テキサス州ダラス・フォートワース空港でのエアトランスAir Transなどが挙げられる。…

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