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Title:

Developing a Microscopic Simulator for Personal Rapid Transit Systems

Accession Number:

01047504

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Transportation Research Board Business Office

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Abstract:

The term Personal rapid transit (PRT) means automated people mover systems, which use their own track and are able to provide a demand responsive, individual transportation service for relatively high traffic volumes. Currently no PRT systems are in use, but there are many research projects and plans for build them. One of the places where this kind of system has been planned is the Aviapolis area near Helsinki-Vantaa international airport in Finland. As part of the system design, a microscopic simulation tool was developed to simulate PRT systems and to test different track configurations. This paper describes the new simulation tool developed in the project. The performance of a simple control system is evaluated using the simulation tool. Also some indicative results on the feasibility of a PRT system in the Aviapolis area are given.

Monograph Accession #:

01042056

Report/Paper Numbers:

07-3076

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

Koskinen, Kari
Luttinen, R Tapio
Kosonen, Iisakki

Pagination:

15p

Publication Date:

2007

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2007-1-21 to 2007-1-25
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

CD-ROM

Features:

Figures; Maps; References (16)

Identifier Terms:

Helsinki-Vantaa Airport

Geographic Terms:

Helsinki (Finland)

Subject Areas:

Operations and Traffic Management; Public Transportation; Railroads

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2007 Paper #07-3076

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Feb 8 2007 7:47PM