Automated People Movers

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Advanced Transit Options

• Automated People Movers
• Bus Rapid Transit
• Larry Miller, P.E. - LeaElliott, Inc.

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Automated People Movers (APMs) What is an APM?

• Family of Fully Automated Driverless Transit
  Systems
• Exclusive Right of Way / Guideway
• Proprietary System Designs Not Interchangeable
• Varying System Characteristics Facility Designs
• A Continuum of Systems

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Advantages of Automated Transit

• More Efficient Allocation of Labor Costs
• Shorter Headways, Less Waiting
• Better Able to Match Capacity to Demand
• Shorter Station Platforms
• Can Have Same or Improved Safety

Automated versus Manual Operated Train Comparison
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Types of APM Systems

• Cable-Propelled
• Self-Propelled
• Small and Medium Sized
• Large Sized
• Monorail
• Emerging Technologies

Cable-Propelled
Self-Propelled Monorail
Self-Propelled Large
Self-Propelled Small/Medium
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Cable-Propelled APMs Typical Characteristics

• Fully Automated Driverless
• Cable Propelled
• 10 - 120 Passengers / Car
• Rubber Tire, Steel Wheel, Air or Cable Suspended
• Fixed Train Length, 1-4 Cars, 40 to 160 feet long
• Usually Short Shuttles (Under 1 mile)

Doppelmayr Prototype
Las Vegas (Doppelmayr)
Narita Airport, Japan (Otis)
Detroit Airport (Otis)
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Small and Medium Sized Self-Propelled Typical
Characteristics

• Fully Automated or Driver Operated
• Electrically Self-Propelled
• 15 25 Passengers per Car
• Rubber Tire
• Bottom Supported
• 1 - 7 Cars per Train, 40 to 240 feet
• Longer Distance / Higher Speed than Cable
  Propelled

AirTrain Newark (Bombardier)
Jacksonville DPM (Bombardier)
Las Colinas (Bombardier)
Clarian Hospital, Indianapolis Schwager-Davis)
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Large Self-Propelled Typical Characteristics

• Fully Automated or Driver Operated
• Electrically Self-Propelled
• 40 100 Passengers per Car
• Rubber Tire / Steel Wheel-Rail
• Bottom Supported
• 1 - 6 Cars per Train, 40 to 240 feet
• Longest Distance / Highest Speed

Lille, France (Siemens-Matra)
Dulles AeroTrain (Mitsubishi)
DFW SkyLink (Bombardier)
AirTrain JFK (Bombardier)
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Large Self Propelled Monorails
Tokyo Monorail (Hitachi)
Kita-Kyushu Monorail (Hitachi)
Las Vegas Monorail (Bombardier)
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Emerging Technologies
Linimo, Nagoya, Japan (CHSST)
System 21- ¼ Scale Prototype (Futrex)
CyberTran Prototype
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Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) What is BRT?

• According to the FTA,
• BRT is a flexible, high performance rapid
  transit mode that combines a variety of physical,
  operating and system elements into a permanently
  integrated system with a quality image and unique
  identity.
• Not your typical bus ride think rapid transit
  
• BRT applies more to the functionality and
  performance of the system than the actual vehicle
  technology
• BRT can be applied to activity center circulators
  and line haul systems
• BRT vehicle can travel anywhere there is
  pavement, creating opportunities for single-seat
  rides
• No two BRT systems are the same

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Types of BRT Systems

• Unguided in Mixed Traffic, Express or Reserved
  Lanes
• Mixed or Reserved Lanes
• 0.5 to 1-mile Stop Spacing
• Existing or Upgraded Stops
• Express Service
• Stops at Major Activity Centers and Transfer
  Points
• Guided on Dedicated Lane
• Express Service with Types of Guidance
• Mechanical Guidance
• Optical
• Magnetic
• Mix of Guided and Unguided

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BRT Vehicles

• Manually Driven or Attended if Unguided
• Electric, Clean Diesel, CNG, LNG, Fuel Cell or
  Hybrid Propulsion
• Single and Articulated Vehicles with Rubber Tires
• Low Floor Vehicles Commonplace
• 20 to 90 Passengers per Vehicle
• Vehicles 28 to 61 feet long
• Conventional and also Sleek Styling to provide a
  high-end image both inside and out

MetroRapid, Los Angeles
Silver Line, Boston
Phileas, Eindhoven, Netherlands
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BRT Other Key Features

• Raised Platforms at Stops, or Low-floor Buses
• Passenger Amenities
• Multiple-door Boarding
• Signal Priority
• Advanced Public Information Systems