A driverless, automated rail transit system that moves passengers over a short, dedicated guideway, most often linking terminals within a large airport or connecting stations across a compact urban site. Automated people movers run without an onboard operator, under centralized computer control, and typically use rubber-tyred or steel-wheeled vehicles on an exclusive elevated or at-grade guideway separated from other traffic.
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Core ConcernMoving passengers over a short, fixed guideway using small, driverless vehicles under fully automated control, with no onboard operator. 1 Sources
1. Wikipedia: Automated Guideway Transit
WikipediaLead section, first sentence
An automated guideway transit (AGT) or automated fixed-guideway transit or automatic guideway transit system is a type of fixed guideway transit infrastructure with a riding or suspension track that supports and physically guides one or more driverless vehicles along its length.
Small systems section, Tampa paragraph
Tampa International Airport was the world's first to incorporate an AGT system as an inter-terminal connector in 1971.
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