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Title:

PLANNING OF PARALLEL PIER AIRPORT TERMINALS WITH AUTOMATED PEOPLE MOVER SYSTEMS UNDER CONSTRAINED CONDITIONS

Accession Number:

00627158

Record Type:

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Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/030905415X

Abstract:

Automated people mover (APM) systems are used in large airport terminals to reduce passenger walking and to improve terminal operation. However, there is a trade-off between passenger convenience and APM cost. If a terminal geometry is selected without the explicit consideration of both factors, it can result in needless passenger walking or increased expenditure for the APM. A method is proposed to determine an optimum geometry for a parallel pier/APM airport terminal with certain constraints. It is capable of restricting the number and the lengths of remote piers to satisfy airline and space requirements. The terminal geometry in terms of the number of piers and their sizes is obtianed by minimizing the total cost of the system, which includes the disutility of walking, disutility of using the APM system (riding and access, egress, and waiting time) and the relevant capital and operating costs of the APM, subject to the constraints and the number of aircraft gates. Two case studies, the new Denver and the Atlanta Hartsfield airports, are presented to demonstrate the application of the proposed method. It is shown that the optimum terminal geometry is sensitive to the ratio of the cost of walking per unit time to the cost of riding per unit time, which can be interpreted as the relative disutility of walking. Further, the optimal geometries for the two airports are compared and contrasted with the design geometries.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1373, Airport Landside Planning and Operations. 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

Monograph Accession #:

01405127

Language:

English

Authors:

Wirasinghe, S C
Bandara, S

Pagination:

p. 35-45

Publication Date:

1992

Serial:

Transportation Research Record

Issue Number: 1373
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 0361-1981

ISBN:

030905415X

Features:

Appendices (1) ; Figures (9) ; References (9) ; Tables (4)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Convenience

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Aviation; Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Mar 26 1993 12:00AM

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