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The interweaving of public transit and public spaces will be a vital ingredient in the evolution of more civilized and prosperous community centers in the 21st century. Increased population and congestion increases the need for high-quality circulation systems within major activity centers and for connections between these centers and longer-distance modes. Automated people-movers (APMs) are well suited for this purpose; their exclusive rights-of-way and driverless operation allow unimpeded, frequent service on an around-the-clock basis, attributes that vastly enhance their attractiveness to riders. APM technology has already proven its merit, but for its potential to be realized, communication between community planners and APM system designers must be established at the conceptual stage. APMs must be tailored to urban and suburban criteria, and costs must be brought sufficiently low to induce developers to incorporate APMs into their plans. This paper discusses the state of the art of APMs in activity centers and major APM issues.

This paper is available on the CD-ROM, Transportation in the New Millennium: State of the Art and Future Directions, Perspectives from Transportation Research Board Standing Committees. It is also available on the TRB website. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

English

8 p.

2000

Transportation in the New Millennium

Activity centers; City planning; Costs; People movers; State of the art studies; System design

Finance; Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Terminals and Facilities

TRIS, TRB

Feb 17 2000 12:00AM