AUTOMATED METROS,

MINI-METROS + MICRO-LINKS

Lawrence J. Fabian Trans.21

March 2015

TIMEFRAME The gradual global evolution of Rail Automation

• 1960s Concepts

• 1970s Prototypes, demos, parks, pioneer airports

• 1980s Pioneer metros, casinos, special projects, dozens of airport installations

• 1990s Pioneer hospitals, multi- plying metros projects

• 2000s Global metro market, airport contraction

• TODAY- Off-the-shelf automation

Airports were

and still are active with APMs.

AUTOMATION ENHANCES SAFETY, FLEXIBILITY, COMFORT, EFFICIENCY

Automated Systems, 2014

Application Pax/d

38 Airport Airside 1.6

19 Airport Landside 0.4

31 Leisure (zoo, casino, park) 0.3

24 Institutional (hosp, univ., malls, etc.)

0.5

41 Metro (mass transit) 7.0

20 Circulator 0.4

173 TOTAL 10.2

A hospital shuttle in Indianapolis

CONFIDENCE FOR BOLD PLANS in the West

CONFIDENCE FOR BOLD PLANS in the East

CONFIDENCE FOR BOLD PLANS in the Middle World

RENEWED INTEREST IN PRT

Non-Linear PRT Networks

Small Stations

Surface Stations?

Transit-Oriented Development Vertical

Transit-Oriented Development Horizontal

Rail Automation is a fruit of man’s knowledge, a gift from Him Who is the possessor of all created thing.