AUTOMATED TRANSIT SYSTEM REDUCES WALKING IN EXPANDING AIRPORT

AIRPORT TERMINAL BUILDINGS AND THEIR PARKING AREAS INCREASE IN SIZE AS AIR TRAFFIC INCREASES, USALLY RESULTING IN EVER-LONGER WALKING DISTANCES FOR AIRPORT USERS. AT SEATTLE-TACOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, HOWEVER, A COMBINATION OF GOOD DESIGN OF THE CURRENT EXPANSION AND AN AUTOMATED TRANSIT SYSTEM WILL REVERSE THE TREND TOWARD INCREASING WALKING DISTANCES. THE TERMINAL CONCEPT EMPLOYS TWO NEW SATELLITE BUILDINGS. IN ADDITION, EXISTING CONCOURSES ARE BEING EXTENSIVELY REBUILT, AND A MULTISTORY PARKING FACILITY IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THE CONCEPT DEPENDS ON A METHOD OF MOVING PEOPLE TO AND FROM THE SATELLITE BUILDINGS AND TO AND FROM THE ENDS OF CONCOURSES 900 FEET FROM THE MAIN TERMINAL. THAT METHOD IS THE AUTOMATED SATELLITE TRANSIT SYSTEM WHICH CONSISTS OF AUTOMATED VEHICLES RUNNING THROUGH TUNNELS, SINGLY OR IN TRAINS ACCORDING TO TRAFFIC DEMAND. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Westinghouse Electric Corporation

  Westinghouse Building, Gateway Center
  Pittsburgh, PA  United States  15222
• Authors:
  • Mason, R
• Publication Date: 1971-1

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 8-14
• Serial:
  • Westinghouse Engineer
  • Volume: 31
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Automated vehicle control; Automation; Landside capacity; Parking facilities; Pedestrians; People movers; Structural design; Vehicular tunnels; Walkways
• Identifier Terms: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
• Uncontrolled Terms: Airport design
• Old TRIS Terms: Automated transit system
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223420
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 18 1971 12:00AM