A personal rapid transit/airport automated people mover comparison.

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• Creators:
  Muller, Peter J.
• Corporate Creators:
  PRT Consulting, Inc.
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Personal rapid transit
  • Airport ground transportation
  • Transportation by environment
  • People movers
  • Personal rapid transit--West Virginia--Morgantown
  • Personal rapid transit--England--London
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  England ; West Virginia
• Corporate Publisher:
  PRT Consulting, Inc.
• Abstract:
  Airport automated people movers (AAPM) typically consist of driverless trains with ; up to about four cars each capable of carrying 20 to 100 passengers who are mostly ; standing. They have been successfully used for surface transportation in airports for ; over thirty years. A new category of automated people mover called personal rapid ; transit (PRT) is being implemented at London’s Heathrow International Airport. ; Although the Heathrow system will replace shuttle buses, it may be more pertinent to ; examine the differences between PRT and traditional AAPM. ; PRT uses small (3 to 4 passenger) vehicles (transportation pods or T-Pods) to ; automatically transport passengers and their luggage non-stop to their destinations ; along designated guideways. Trips are typically on-demand and T-Pods are often ; waiting at stations prior to the arrival of passengers. The resulting short wait and trip ; times combine with seated travel to provide an exceptionally high level of service. ; This paper compares AAPM systems to PRT systems similar to the type being ; installed at Heathrow Airport. Items compared include infrastructure items such as ; stations, guideways and tunnels; level of service items such as waiting, standing and ; trip times; cost items such as capital and operating costs; as well as safety and ; security issues. The paper discusses PRT viability and concludes with a brief ; discussion of the ability of PRT to facilitate solutions to common airport issues such ; as in-concourse transportation and curbside congestion. ; PRT is found to have many advantages over AAPM for transporting passengers and ; their luggage on airports. It is suggested that PRT alternatives should be included in ; airport planning projects.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/17794/dot_17794_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 303.79 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:fbae71b4d3758703c9f6962b584a0f33e6e75254c1a33b9e8b673f1b0b595048