AUTOMATED PEOPLEMOVERS FIND DIVERSE APPLICATIONS

The term automated peoplemover (APM) covers a wide range of different designs but all have in common automatic operation which can be controlled by microchips. They provide an efficient, safe and convenient method of transport in such places as city centres, business districts, universities, airports and amusement parks. Being a new concept in transport, ideas for APM technology and application developed rapidly and to promote the exchange of ideas an international conference on peoplemovers has been held in Miami. This article describes several APMS from locations throughout the world in order to demonstrate their versatility and potential. The systems include the Aramis System in Paris, the Flydaway-under consideration in Cardiff, Otis Shuttle Transit Systems in Florida and Austria, the Metromover in Miami, the West Berlin M-Bahn System and the Peoplemovers at Gatwick and Birmingham airports. (TRRL)

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• Publication Date: 1985-3

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: 4 p.
• Serial:
  • International Railway Journal
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0744-5326

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Automatic control; Automation; Design; Microprocessors; People movers
• Identifier Terms: Miami-Dade Transit
• Geographic Terms: Austria; Berlin (Germany); Birmingham (England); Cardiff (Wales); France; Germany; Miami (Florida); Paris (France); United Kingdom; United States
• ITRD Terms: 1037: Airport; 8007: Austria; 3882: Automatic; 9011: Design (overall design); 8036: France; 8125: Germany; 8643: Microprocessor; 1140: Passenger conveyor; 8119: United Kingdom; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Design; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00399644
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 30 1985 12:00AM