Abstract: A passenger vehicle speed control apparatus and method are operative with a track providing an input speed command having ONEs and ZEROs information components. At least two programmed microprocessors operate with the vehicle and redundantly decode the ONEs and ZEROs input speed command signal components through operation of a fixed frequency filter for each of a plurality of frequency pairs and a variable frequency filter tuned to the frequency of the fixed filter having the highest amplitude signal component for determining a speed command signal to control the movement speed of the vehicle.

Abstract: There is disclosed a transit vehicle speed control apparatus and method operative to control the speed of the vehicle in relation to the lowest one of an input command speed limit and a program stop speed limit by determining the time period required for the vehicle speed to change from a present speed to a predetermined speed band limit in relation to each of the acceleration of the vehicle and the response delay time of the vehicle in accordance with the propulsion motor characteristics and the vehicle mass.