Section 1073.6 - Service ModesTransit systems are initially classified according to the mode or modes of transit service provided. Data collection and reporting, transit property, expense and nonfinancial operating information is segregated by mode. The modes recognized in the systems described herein are defined below. A multi-mode transit system is one operating two or more of these modes:
(a) Rail Rapid Transit: High-speed, passenger rail cars operating singly or in trains of two or more cars on fixed rails in separate rights-of-way from which all other vehicular and foot traffic is excluded. The tracks may be located in underground tunnels, on elevated structures, in open cut or at surface level. There are very few, if any, crossings of streets and roads at track level, and rail traffic has the right-of-way at such intersections. The cars are driven electrically with the power being drawn from an overhead electric line or from an electrified third rail.(b) Light Rail--Streetcar: Passenger rail cars operating singly (or in short, usually two-car, trains) on fixed rails in right-of-way that is not separated from other traffic for much of the way. Streetcars do not necessarily have the right-of-way at-grade crossings with other traffic. Streetcars are driven electrically with the power being drawn from an overhead electric line via a trolley or a pantograph.(c) Trolleybus: Rubber-tired passenger vehicles operating singly on city streets. These buses are driven electrically with the power being drawn from an overhead electric line via trolleys.(d) Motor Bus: Rubber-tired passenger vehicles operating singly on city streets. These buses are powered by fuel contained within the bus; they are, therefore, not restricted to operating on a fixed route.(e) Demand Response: Rubber-tired passenger vehicles operated on city streets, propelled by gas, gasoline or diesel engines equipped to provide personal demand transit service, normally upon dispatch, and used exclusively for this service.(f) Ferryboat: A vessel for carrying passengers and/or vehicles over a body of water. The vessels are generally steam or diesel-powered conventional ferry vessels. They may also be hovercraft, hydrofoil and other high-speed vessels.(g) Other: Other modes of transit service such as cable cars, personal rapid transit systems of varying designs, monorails, incline railways, etc., not covered in the above categories.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 2, § 1073.6
1. Amendment filed 8-12-80; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 80, No. 33). Note: Authority cited and Reference: Section 53891, Government Code and Section 99243, Public Utilities Code.
1. Amendment filed 8-12-80; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 80, No. 33).