Electric Railway Presidents’ Conference Committee
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The Electric Railway Presidents’ Conference Committee was a consortium of U.S. street railway executives formed in the 1930s to design and standardize a modern, efficient streetcar for urban transit systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Electric Railway Presidents’ Conference Committee canonical | 2 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
industry consortium
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transportation organization ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
improving acceleration and braking performance of streetcars
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improving passenger comfort ⓘ improving ride quality of streetcars ⓘ modernizing streetcar fleets ⓘ |
| basedOn | needs of U.S. street railway operators ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
streetcar manufacturers
ⓘ
transit equipment suppliers ⓘ |
| composedOf |
electric railway company presidents
ⓘ
street railway executives ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| field |
electric railways
ⓘ
public transportation ⓘ |
| focus |
electric street railways
ⓘ
urban streetcar systems ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Great Depression era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1930s ⓘ |
| industry |
street railways
ⓘ
urban transit ⓘ |
| influenced |
standardization of streetcar components
ⓘ
urban streetcar design in North America ⓘ |
| location |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| notableWork | PCC streetcar design NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| product | PCC streetcar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to design a modern standardized streetcar
ⓘ
to improve efficiency of street railway operations ⓘ to reduce operating costs for streetcar companies ⓘ to standardize equipment and components for street railways ⓘ |
| significance | created one of the most successful standardized streetcar designs in history ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
PCC streetcar
subject surface form:
PCC streetcar