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 Cargo or Passenger Connections
Exemplified By
Source Crystal Mover (Wikipedia)
Source Innovia APM (Wikipedia)
Source Innovia APM 100 (Wikipedia)
Source Innovia APM 200 (Wikipedia)
Source Innovia APM (Wikipedia)
Source Vought Airtrans (Wikipedia)
Source Transit Expressway Revenue Line (Wikipedia)
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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.
View the Source 2. Move Along (AviationPros)
Automated People MoversQuote, Automated People Movers
carrying 20 to 100 passengers who are mostly standing
Crystal Mover (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: Crystal Mover, LeadQuote, Exemplified By: Crystal Mover, Lead
manufactured at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Mihara Machinery Works in Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Innovia APM 100 (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: Innovia APM 100, Lead, typeQuote, Exemplified By: Innovia APM 100, Lead, type
automated people mover (APM) rolling stock
Innovia APM 200 (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: Innovia APM 200, Lead, typeQuote, Exemplified By: Innovia APM 200, Lead, type
is an automated people mover system (APM)
Innovia APM (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: Innovia APM, Lead, use
Innovia APM is a rubber-tired automated people mover system
Exemplified By: Innovia APM 300, Lead, use
looks very similar to the original Innovia people mover
View the SourceTransit Expressway Revenue Line (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: Westinghouse Skybus, Lead, roleQuote, Exemplified By: Westinghouse Skybus, Lead, role
a proposed people mover rapid transit system developed by Westinghouse for the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Vought Airtrans (Wikipedia)
Exemplified By: Vought Airtrans, Lead, type of systemQuote, Exemplified By: Vought Airtrans, Lead, type of system
was an automated people mover system
People mover (Wikipedia)
In Group: Urban Rail Modes, Lead sentenceQuote, In Group: Urban Rail Modes, Lead sentence
A people mover or automated people mover (APM) is a type of small-scale automated guideway transit system.
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