SPEEDWALK: AN ACCELERATING MOVING WALKWAY

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has developed Accelerated Moving Walkway "Speed Walk" ("MAMW") to provide high pedestrian mobility to accommodate a heavy traffic for a comparatively short distance (150 to 1000 meters (492 - 3,280 ft)). This paper describes the system, important components and tests undertaken in the development.

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Shirakihara, T
• Conference:
  • Sixth International Conference on Automated People Movers (APMs)
  • Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Date: 1997-4-9 to 1997-4-12
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 624-633

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Moving sidewalks; Pedestrian movement; People movers; Walkways
• Geographic Terms: Japan
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00769656
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0784402892
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 8 1999 12:00AM