Dual-mode transport envisions compact conveyances that could be driven on roads, and also travel on exclusive automated guide ways. Performance characteristics assumed for this exploratory study reflect the technology proposed in the "Urbmobile" version of this innovative concept. This paper attempts to get a reading on this innovative concept. This paper attempt to get a reading on the expected patronage and economics of a hypothetical dual-mode installation in a real city. Patronage is "synthesized" by selecting the mist likely users (with consideration of system attributes) from actual trip making reported in the same real metropolis. This synthesis approach seeks to make relatively explicit the unavoidable guessing about how people would respond to an unprecedented mode.
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