Automated people movers and transit systems 2013 : half a century of automated transit -- past, present, and future : proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference, April 21-24, 2013, Phoenix, Arizona / / sponsored by the Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; edited by William H. Leder, P.E., William J. Sproule, Ph.D, P.E

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462791703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Reston, Virginia : , : American Society of Civil Engineers, , [2013]; ©2013
• ISBN: 0-7844-7782-5; 0-7844-1286-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (603 p.)
• Disciplina: 388.4
• Soggetti: Personal rapid transit; Local transit; Personal rapid transit - United States - History; Local transit - United States - History; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Airports""; ""APMs and Airport Mobilityâ€?Historic Trends and Future Possibilities""; ""Airport APMsâ€?History and Future""; ""Planning Partnership: Support for the PHX Sky Train""; ""Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport: PHX Sky Trainâ€?Making Tracks in the Arizona Desert""; ""Chicago Oâ€?Hare Airport Transit System: Sustainable Ground Transportation""; ""The Sacramento International Airport APMâ€?Takeaways from the Early Under-Budget Big Build""; ""Delivering an APM to the Sacramento County International Airport""; ""Seattle Tacoma International Airport STS: APM and Airport Growing Together""""Maintaining Reliable Service While Expanding the Worldâ€?s Busiest Airports""; ""Evaluation of Passenger Satisfaction with the Heathrow PRT System""; ""Major Activity Centers and Urban Systems""; ; ""Mirage/Treasure Island Automated People Mover: Safe Operations for 19+ Years""; ""Aerial Transit Linkâ€?New York City""; ""APM History in Canada""; ""Automated Light Metro for Honolulu""; ""Automated Systems for Last Mile Connections at High-Speed Rail Stations""; ""Cable Propelled Transit Systemsâ€?Emirates Air Line London""""Evolving Clark County Amusement and Transportation System (ATS) Code Requirements""; ""A Modern Mobility Solution for Urban Transit with the Latest Generation of the INNOVIA System""; ""Personal Rapid Transit""; ""Personal Rapid Transit User Interface""; ""The Track to Suncheon: Making APMs Intelligent""; ""Personal Rapid Transitâ€?Computer Simulation Results and General Design Principles""; ""PRT (Personal Rapid Transit) Computer Network Simulation and Analysis of Flow Capacity""; ""Planning""; ""APM and Other Driverless Systems for Integrated Urban Planning and Sustainability""""Calculating the Capacity of Automated Transit Network Systems""; ""Simplifying the Measure of Service Availability""; ""Alternative Project Delivery Strategies""; ""BART OAC Project: Application of Buy America to a Cable-Propelled System""; ""MODSAFEâ€?A Detailed Safety Model for Urban Guided Transport Systems""; ""Improving Airport People Mover Performance with an Intelligent Onboard CCTV System""; ""System Components""; ""50 Years of Powering APMs: A Historical Perspective of Variables and Constants in Power Rail Design""""Energy Optimization for Public Transportation Applications""; ""Energy Management Solutions for “Greenâ€? Transit Systems""; ""Advances in Voice over IP and Passenger Information for APM Systems: Utilizing Wireless Networks""; ""Friction Stir Welding APM Vehicle Body Structures: INNOVIA APM 300 Case Study""; ""Application of ASTM E 119 Testing Requirements to APM Vehicles: INNOVIA APM 300 Case Study""; ""New “AC/ACâ€? Propulsion System for the INNOVIA APM 300""; ""Challenges with System Integration""