Automated Guided Transit (AGTs)(also Automated People Movers - APM)

James Hinkamp

CE 424: Public Transportation 10.27.10

APMs are used in different settings, most often in large facilities where operations are time-intensive, but can also function as local transit

Airports

Resorts

Transit

Las Vegas (MGM Grand)

SFO

Singapore

Definitions of “people movers” vary, depending on technical specifications

Automated Guided Transit (AGT) Kobe, Japan Kobe New Transit Miami, FL Downtown People Mover (DPM) Las Vegas, NV

Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) London Heathrow Airport (LHR)

Guideway transport from business parking lot to Terminal 5 (International) Programmable destinations Potentially high speeds

80-100km

Automated Transit Network (ATN) *essentially PRT San Jose, CA (conceptual)

Courtesy: podcarcity.org

The APM Guidebook describes 7 types of guideway systems

Most track layouts can accomodate more than 2 stations, but only the Dual-Lane Shuttle w/ Bypass is NOT recommended.

Source: ACRP APM Guidebook

Passenger carrying capacities range from 2,000 - 25,000 per hour per direction

Compare

7,500-15,000

60,000

30,000

1,500-2,500

APMs operate worldwide in over 143 locations, most notably in Asia.

International

JapanTokyoKobeChibaHiroshima

ChinaHong KongChongqing

Korea (Seoul)Singapore Indonesia (Jakarta)

Domestic

San Francisco (SFO)Miami, FLDallas/Ft.Worth, TXPhoenix, AZLos Angeles (Getty Center)

EuropeLondonMilanCopenhagenMadridZurich

Airports feature the most prevalent AGT systems; London Heathrow, however, features state-of-the-art application of PRTs

Opened to public Spring 2010

Units are limited to 4 passengers

3.8 km guideway

18 pods in fleet

Electric propulsion

Masdar City (Abu Dhabi, UAE) is preparing for a transit

network that is reliant on PRTs within city limits

(conceptual)

“Zero carbon environment”

Build out is projected in 7 years and foresees extensive automated transit

2,000 PRTs

50,000 residents

70,000 jobs

Sources

APM Users Group http://www.apmusersgroup.org Airport Cooperative Research Program. (2010). Guidebook for Planning and

Implementing Automated People Mover Systems at Airports.

APM Standards Committee http://www.apmstandards.org

Airfront.21 http://www.airfront.us/ Florida Int’l University http://web.tongji.edu.cn/~yangdy/apm/apmrev.html Vuchic, Vukan. (2007). Ch. 7: Unconventional Modes & Systems.

U of Washington http://faculty.washington.edu/jbs/itrans/prtquick.htm