AIRTRANS URBAN TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM, PHASE II. VOLUME 5: SYSTEMS OPERATION

The AIRTRANS system at the Dallas/Fort Worth (D/FW) Airport has been operating successfully since the airport's opening in January 1974. The AIRTRANS Urban Technology Program (AUTP) was structured in a two-phase program. Phase I was completed in 1977, and it covered the development and demonstration of the improvements necessary for higher speed operation, while maintaining or improving reliability, availability, cost and performance characteristics of the overall system. An engineering test vehicle (T365) was used to demonstrate baseline and improved performance of the system. This report describes the systems operation portions of the Phase II AUTP. The objective of this system operation study was to determine the effects of several improvements on AIRTRANS operation. Among the improvements investigated and reported herein were increased speed, increased system capacity, additional bypasses and sidings, additional failure management strategies and demand mode operation. Much of this analysis was performed using ASIM, the AIRTRANS simulation model. Additional simulation work was performed using Vought's demand-responsive automated transit simulation model (DRATS) and the Transportation Systems Center's discrete event simulation model (DESM). This study has significantly expanded the understanding of the complex interrelations of AIRTRANS and other AGT systems of similar complexity. Several findings are significant and documented in this report.

• Corporate Authors:

  Vought Corporation

  Systems Division, P.O. Box 5907
  Dallas, TX  United States  75222

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Benjamin, D E
  • JONES, G M
  • Ruprecht, G F
• Publication Date: 1979-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 133 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automated guideway transit; Intra airport transit; Reliability; Siding; Supply
• Identifier Terms: Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
• Uncontrolled Terms: Availability; Capacity
• Geographic Terms: Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area
• Old TRIS Terms: Airtrans
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00371573
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-TX-06-0020-79-6Final Rpt.
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 29 1983 12:00AM