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A Personal Rapid Transit Airport Automated People Mover Comparison

A Personal Rapid Transit Airport Automated People Mover Comparison. by Marek Kubesa. ASCE 29 th International Air Transport Conference. August 2007. Overview. Define AAPM and PRT Compare Operating Characteristics Infrastructure Costs Level of Service Safety and Security

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A Personal Rapid Transit Airport Automated People Mover Comparison

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  1. A Personal Rapid TransitAirport Automated People MoverComparison by Marek Kubesa ASCE 29th International Air Transport Conference August 2007

  2. Overview • Define AAPM and PRT • Compare • Operating Characteristics • Infrastructure • Costs • Level of Service • Safety and Security • PRT Viability • Airport Design & Operational Impacts • Summary of Results

  3. Airport Automated People Movers • Driverless Train on a guideway • One to four, 20 to 100 passenger cars • Most passengers stand • Stops at all stations • Short regular headways (minutes)

  4. Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) • Driverless vehicles on a guideway • One to four seated passengers plus luggage • Direct origin to destination service • No need to transfer or stop • Service on demand – not scheduled • Very short headways (seconds)

  5. Open Guideway (ULTra) Captive Bogey (Postech) Suspended (JPods)

  6. Personal Rapid Transit Automated People Mover Destination Station 1 Station 2 Station 3 Station 4

  7. Personal Rapid Transit Automated People Mover Destination Station 1 Station 2 Station 3 Station 4

  8. Personal Rapid Transit Automated People Mover Destination Station 1 Station 2 Station 3 Station 4

  9. Personal Rapid Transit Automated People Mover Destination Station 1 Station 2 Station 3 Station 4

  10. Personal Rapid Transit Automated People Mover Destination Station 1 Station 2 Station 3 Station 4

  11. PRT/Transit Visualization

  12. Infrastructure • Guideways • PRT = ½ AAPM cost & capacity ± • May be more useful to compare cost per station • Elevated • PRT column loads = 12% AAPM ± • At Grade • PRT similar to sidewalk • Below Grade • 2 PRT guideways = ½ cross-section for 1 AAPM guideway ±

  13. 2 2 4 4 6 6 2 2 6 6 2 2 8 8 4 4 4013 6096 4013 3 3 8 8 0 0 2 2 Heathrow Tunnel

  14. Stations • PRT stations are typically smaller (even for same capacity) • Tight radii (15’) and steep (10%) gradients make PRT station flexible

  15. Airport Concourse Station

  16. Operating Cost Per Passenger • Automated systems tend to have lower costs • AAPMs can cost less than $1.00 per passenger • Morgantown PRT costs $1.50 per passenger • Modern PRT expected to cost less than Morgantown and AAPMs

  17. Capital Costs per Passenger • Site specific • Studies suggest 2 to 5 times less than AAPM • Turnkey costs for open-guideway PRT = $10 – $15 million per one-way mile

  18. Level of Service • Little or no waiting (<1 minute at LHR) • Non-stop • Seated travel • Private • Total trip times about ½ of AAPM • Expected to match AAPM 99.7% availability

  19. Safety and Security • One way traffic • Lower maximum speeds • Separated from other traffic and pedestrians • Crowding (a potential security vulnerability) is avoided • 110 million injury-free passenger miles at Morgantown (regular transit would have injured over 100)

  20. Viability • Morgantown has proven the concept • Currently no vendors with long history of viability • ULTra • On schedule for public service at Heathrow in 2008 • BAA is buying stock • 2getthere • Ten-year track record with similar systems in Holland • Vectus • Subsidiary of Posco • Aggressive testing program in Sweden

  21. Potential Airport Design & Operational Impacts • Replace shuttle buses • Reduce curbside congestion/pollution • Bring passengers into terminal

  22. Potential Airport Design & Operational Impacts • Seated travel terminal to gate • Smaller independent concourses • On-board airline functions & security screening • Change functionality of terminal • Consolidate waiting and concessions in same area • Just-in-time passenger delivery to gate

  23. Summary of Results (1 = poor, 5 = excellent)

  24. Summary of Results (1 = poor, 5 = excellent)

  25. Contact Information Marek P Kubesa PRT Consulting, Inc. 1340 Deerpath Trail, Ste 200 Franktown, CO 80116 Ph: 303-532-1855 Cell: 303-652-7541 Fax: (303) 309-1913 www.prtconsulting.com

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