Description and Technical Review of the Miami International Airport Satellite Transit Shuttle System

摘要

The report describes and reviews the installation of the automated satellite transit shuttle system at Miami International Airport. The system at Miami is presently under construction and targeted for passenger service in the first quarter of 1980. The guideway connects the International Satellite Building with the Main Terminal and will separate passengers who have to pass through Customs and Immigration Service from those who do not. Two two-vehicle trains can transport up to 16,000 passengers per hour in around-the-clock shuttle service. The report provides a technical review and indepth description of the Miami Airport system in terms of the following: Technical Subsystem Review; System Performance; System Costs; and System Development Process. This report also provides findings from the review, namely: the Miami Airport system lends itself to similar installations transporting passengers between two or more points; the capital cost of this system is within the range of ten other evaluated AGT systems; and the system is completely accessible by the elderly and handicapped.