Summary of Downtown People Mover (DPM) Winterization Test Activities

Details

• Creators:
  Silva, Lawrence P.
• Corporate Creators:
  John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Automated guideway transit
  • People movers
  • Cold weather
  • Snow removal
  • Rapid transit
  • Railroad tracks
  • Braking performance
  • Ice formations
  • Traction
  • Winter maintenance
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-TSC-UMTA-81-58;UMTA-MA-06-0081-81-5
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1526723
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Abstract:
  This report describes and summarizes the test activities and presents the results of a two-year winter operation test program for three technologically-different Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) systems. The basic objective of the program was to determine if fully-automated Downtown People Movers (DPM) systems could provide reliable urban transportation in severe winter climates. Specifically, the program was to determine the capabilities and limitations of the suppliers' developments in the areas of traction, propulsion, braking, steering, power collection, vehicle and guideway electronics, switching, door opening, and overall system performance in severe winter weather. The program addressed these areas through a combination of subsystem and system-level capability under various winter conditions.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10379/dot_10379_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.34 MB]
• Collection(s):
  Volpe Center
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:9fc652f7dbb0518b68d7f1f41bfb5a08ea3dc1b3235ecdab6e8585296dba5a8e