Right-Sizing Airport Automated People Movers

摘要

What are the correct size, configuration, and technology for airport APMs? Howrnmuch competition is needed, and among what suppliers? In recent years there havernbeen discussions about using smaller, cheaper APM and Personal Rapid Transitrn(PRT) systems at airports. This paper looks at a representative set of large, medium,rnand small airport APM projects and shows how the local requirements (set by airportrnconfiguration, ridership, and owners) affect the APM system configuration,rntechnology, and competition.rnThe bases of the process to define airport APMs are explored. Representative airportrnAPM project will be briefly described, including the requirements, configuration, keyrndeterminants, suppliers/technologies included, and the resulting supplier and system.rnLarge airport APMs include: Dallas/Ft. Worth, Dulles, JFK, Los Angeles, Phoenix,rnSingapore-Changi, and San Francisco. Medium sized systems include: Newark,rnMiami-North Terminal, Miami-Miamover, Atlanta – Consolidated Rental Carrn(CONRAC), Oakland Airport Connector (OAC), and Houston. Small systemrnprojects include Minneapolis-St. Paul Rental Car and Green Concourse, Amsterdam,rnProvidence, Sacramento, Birmingham (UK), and the Houston-tunnel system.rnSummary information on these airport APMs is provided in the table at the end of this paper.