HOVERING SHUTTLES ELEVATE OTIS INTO PEOPLEMOVER MARKET

The Otis peoplemover will be used for new installations at Tampa, Fl, and Serfaus, an Austrian ski center. The Florida peoplemover will extend 762 m from a car park and hotel complex to a new development at Harbor Island. While the prototype Otis system at Duke University in North Carolina has cars powered by linear induction motors, the two new systems will be cable-powered, a low-capacity option based on regular elevator technology. Guideway and vehicles are standardized for both the cable-operated shuttle and the linear-network versions. Vertical suspension in either case is by air-cushion units and horizontal guidance by rubber-tired wheels running on steel rails in the guideway walls. The shuttle system is powered by gearless drive electric motors beneath the guideway at one of its terminals.

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  IPC Transport Press Limited

  Quadrant House, The Quandrant
  Sutton, Surrey,   England 

  Business Press International Limited

  Quadrant House, The Quadrant
  Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS,   England 
• Publication Date: 1984-8

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 619
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 140
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cable cars; Guideways; People movers; Propulsion; Shuttle service; Structural design; Vehicle power plants
• Uncontrolled Terms: Propulsion systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Guideway design
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387927
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 30 1984 12:00AM