A review of the state of the art of personal rapid transit

Anderson, Jordan

doi:10.1002/atr.5670340103

Cited by 32 publications

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“…The idea of intelligent public vehicles for private use has been discussed in the literature for a decade, but some small-scale cases of implementation have induced a new debate over practical issues. Anderson (2000) reviews the rationale for PRT and the process needed to develop it. Glazebrook and Subramanian (1997) offer a detailed discussion of personal PT, which is based on a concept similar to PRT.…”

Section: Background and Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

The planning and analysis of a new group rapid transit system: the SkyCabs monobeam system in Auckland

Ceder

Hadas

Wan

et al. 2015

Transportation Planning and Technology

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This paper examines a case study of the SkyCabs system as a way to alleviate some of the traffic problems of Auckland, New Zealand. SkyCabs is an elevated two-way monobeam carrying light eight-seater cabs on tracks on each side of the beam, available on demand, providing fast, pollution-free, unimpeded travel above the footpath with panoramic views of the city. The aim of this study is to investigate the attractiveness of implementing the SkyCabs system to and from Auckland central business district (CBD) and Auckland international airport by examining four variables: different routes, different number of stops/stations, different passenger demand levels, and different number of cabs in the system. The analysis utilizes geographical information system and simulation tools for the various scenarios considered. The results show that it is possible to assess the cost-benefit of alternative routes in terms of those four variables and rate of return on investment.

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Section: Background and Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

The planning and analysis of a new group rapid transit system: the SkyCabs monobeam system in Auckland

Ceder

Hadas

Wan

et al. 2015

Transportation Planning and Technology

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“…Transportation solutions using PRT (Personal Rapid Transit) vehicles are not new [1]. The PRT is a mode of automatic rail transport.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Energy Properties of a Contactless Power Supply in PRT (Personal Rapid Transit) Laboratory Model

Nikoniuk¹,

Kozłowski²

2018

Eksploatacja i Niezawodność – Maintenance and Reliability

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Article citation info: (*) Tekst artykułu w polskiej wersji językowej dostępny w elektronicznym wydaniu kwartalnika na stronie www.ein.org.pl the framework of the ECO Mobility project. This project has not yet been implemented for transport applications but has nevertheless been tested on a test track for scale vehicles. A fragment of track in scale was recently presented at the Hannover Fair at the SciTech Poland "scientific" Polish stand [7,28].The already mentioned power supply is a contactless, dynamic power system, which means that it can deliver energy to the vehicle in motion as opposed to stationary systems where energy is delivered only when the vehicle is stationary. The drive motor is a linear induction motor. This system solution illustrates one of the many possibilities that can be applied to the driving and powering of this type of vehicle. The power supply can also be made as a contact one with power points at parking places. Propulsion motors can be made as brushless, induction and wheeled or as central units. On the other hand, the contactless power supply has the advantage of being a safe system [23,30]. The supply energy is transmitted inductively from the primary winding distributed along the track -similarly to the third rail in the metro. The fundamental difference between the contact supply by means of the third rail and the contactless induction is that the contact rail "power" is isolated and thus safe.

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“…PRT [3][4][5][6] is based on unmanned vehicles driving along one-way tracks. Each vehicle can carry a group of 1-4 passengers to a common destination.…”

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Empty vehicles management as a method for reducing passenger waiting time in Personal Rapid Transit networks

Daszczuk

Choromański

Mieścicki

et al. 2015

IET Intelligent Transport Systems

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Empty vehicles management may improve the average waiting time for vehicle delivery in the Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) network. In this study, original heuristic algorithm of empty vehicle management is presented. The algorithm is tested in several benchmark PRT structures under Feniks simulation environment. The results show that significant improvements of average waiting time may be achieved just because of the multi-parameter analysis of the present network state alone rather than by the predictive use of forecasted demand. The algorithm does not use any central database of demand and location of free vehicles. Instead, it assumes the local exchange of data between stations on their state and expected vehicles. Therefore it seems well tailored to a distributed implementation.

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A review of the state of the art of personal rapid transit

Cited by 32 publications

References 11 publications

The planning and analysis of a new group rapid transit system: the SkyCabs monobeam system in Auckland

The planning and analysis of a new group rapid transit system: the SkyCabs monobeam system in Auckland

Energy Properties of a Contactless Power Supply in PRT (Personal Rapid Transit) Laboratory Model

Empty vehicles management as a method for reducing passenger waiting time in Personal Rapid Transit networks

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