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ATRA envisions a
future when trans-
portation will all be
orchestrated for the
convenience of people
and their businesses
– as well as for the
benefit of our planet.
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Personal Automated Transportation: Status and Potential (2003) A report by the Personal Rapid Transit Technical
Committee of the
Advanced Transit Association.
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Executive
Summary
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Members |
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Bob Dunning, Committee
Chair
Ian Ford, Report
Editor
Rob Bernstein
Catie Burke
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Dennis
Cannon
Jerry Kieffer
Dennis Manning
David
Maymudes
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Jeral
Poskey
Joe Shapiro
Markus Szillat
Gran
Tegnr
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Ron
Thorstad
David Ward
Michael Weidler
William Wilde
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| Abstract |
| Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) is defined as direct
origin-to-destination service with no stops, using small fully automatic
vehicles on a dedicated guideway. It promises a low cost way to provide
service that is widely dispersed throughout a region. The Advanced
Transit
Association (ATRA) produced this report to encourage better
understanding
of PRT. The advantages in service and cost of PRT over mass
transit are
discussed. Design details and tradeoffs of PRT are
enumerated. Fourteen
of the PRT systems now under development are
examined. At least $60M has
been spent on engineering on these systems,
including prototypes. Many evaluation
points were considered for each
system, including visual and geometric factors,
market readiness,
propulsion, switching, capacity, control, and cost. Nothing
was found in
the evaluations that would suggest that PRT is not viable in
revenue
operation. Approximate costs of a PRT system of $3.4 M/km ($5 M/mile)
(one way) can be projected, based on a combination of actual prototype costs,
bids, and several comprehensive costing studies. It is proposed that local
governments update permitting requirements to legalize PRT, and follow
rigorous
planning and evaluation practices so that PRT systems are
compared fairly
with other systems on the basis of their ability to meet
well-defined public
goals. |
Read
/ Download Report:
- [PDF] Cover
letter - Jerry
Kieffer, ATRA founding member
- [PDF] Executive
Summary -
(26
pages)
- [PDF] Main
Report -
History, rationale,
technology details, FAQ, and recommendations.
(37 pages)
- [PDF] Technology
Evaluation
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A comparison
of PRT systems in development. (97 pages)
Supplements:
- [PDF] PRT
Ridership
Analysis - Goeran
Tegner (8 pages)
- [PDF] Innovative
Transit
Systems, Survey of Current Developments
- Ingmar Andreasson. March 2001. (56 pages)
- [PDF] Personal
Rapid Transit, Another Option for Urban
Transit
- The
1989 ATRA report that was the basis for the current
update. (90 pages)
Printed copies:
- Contact Bob Dunning at vp@advancedtransit.org.
Printing
and mailing costs for the complete report are $50, or $15 for
the summary
only.
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