Automated Transit: Planning, Operation, and Applications / Edition 1

by Rongfang Liu

Overview

A comprehensive discussion of automated transit

This book analyzes the successful implementations of automated transit in various international locations, such as Paris, Toronto, London, and Kuala Lumpur, and investigates the apparent lack of automated transit applications in the urban environment in the United States.

The book begins with a brief definition of automated transit and its historical development. After a thorough description of the technical specifications, the author highlights a few applications from each sub-group of the automated transit spectrum. International case studies display various technologies and their applications, and identify vital factors that affect each system and performance evaluations of existing applications. The book then discusses the planning and operation of automated transit applications at both macro and micro levels. Finally, the book covers a number of less successful concepts, as well as the lessons learned, allowing readers to gain a comprehensive understanding of the topic.

Key features:

• Provides a thorough examination of automated transit applications, their impact and implications for society
• Written by the committee chair for the Automated Transit Systems Transportation, Research Board
• Offers essential information on planning, costs, and applications of automated transit systems
• Covers driverless metros, automated LRT, group and personal rapid transit,  a review of worldwide applications
• Includes capacity and safety guidelines, as well as vehicles, propulsion, and communication and control systems

This book is essential reading for engineers, researchers, scientists, college or graduate students who work in transportation planning, engineering, operation and management fields.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781118891001
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	10/31/2016
Series:	IEEE Press Series on Systems Science and Engineering
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Dr. Rongfang Liu is a transportation professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT).  Dr. Liu's research interests include Intermodal and Multimodal Transportation Planning and Engineering, Operation Research and Network Simulations, and transportation safety performance analyses. Dr. Liu is actively participating in various professional organizations and service activities. Since 2008, she has been the Chair of AP040 Committee: Automated Transit Systems, Transportation Research Board, and National Academy of Science. She was also the President of NACOTA (2006-2008), a federally registered non-profit organization for Chinese Overseas Transportation Professionals. Dr. Liu has authored and edited eight books, published more than 30 referred journal papers and book chapters, and made more than a hundred presentations in the transportation field. She is a registered professional engineer (PE) as well as a certified planner (AICP).

Table of Contents

Foreword xi

Preface xiii

Acknowledgments xv

Abbreviations xvii

1 Introduction 1

1.1 Automated Transportation 2

1.2 Automated Transit 4

1.3 Individual Modes of Automated Transit Family 8

1.3.1 Automated Guideway Transit 8

1.3.2 Automated Bus 14

1.3.3 Automated Personal Transit 15

References 18

2 Historical Development 23

2.1 Conceptual Initiations: 1960s and Prior 23

2.2 Pilot Demonstrations: 1970s-1980s 27

2.3 Applications in Confined Environments: 1990s-2000s 32

2.4 Multipolar Development: New Millennium and Beyond 36

2.4.1 Exponential Growth of Driverless Metros 36

2.4.2 Steady Expansion of APM Systems 39

2.4.3 Emergence of PRT Applications 39

References 44

3 Technology Specifications 47

3.1 Vehicles 48

3.2 Guideway 51

3.3 Propulsion and System Power 52

3.4 Communications and Control 53

3.5 Stations and Platforms 55

3.6 Maintenance and Storage Facilities 58

References 61

4 Applications 63

4.1 Driverless Metro in Paris 64

4.1.1 Clean Slate of Automation: Line No. 14 64

4.1.2 Conversion from Manual to DLM: Paris Metro Line No. 1 67

4.2 Automated LRT in Singapore 70

4.3 Detroit Downtown People Mover 72

4.4 Automated People Movers in Las Vegas 74

4.5 Dallas-Fort Worth Airport APM 79

4.6 AirTrain at JFK Airport 80

4.7 Morgantown Group Rapid Transit 81

4.8 Ultra PRT at Heathrow International Airport 84

References 86

5 Characteristics of Automated Transit Applications 89

5.1 System Characteristics 89

5.1.1 Physical Layouts 90

5.1.2 Scale of Systems 94

5.2 Operating Characteristics 96

5.2.1 Operating Strategies 97

5.2.2 Station Operations 99

5.2.3 System Capacity 101

5.3 Financial Characteristics 103

5.3.1 Capital Investment 104

5.3.2 Operating Expenses 107

5.3.3 Life Cycle Cost 110

References 111

6 Assessment of Automated Transit Performances 115

6.1 System Performance 115

6.2 Reliability 119

6.3 Safety and Security 126

6.3.1 Safety Records for Automated Guideway Transit 126

6.3.2 Comparison with Other Guideway Transit 129

6.4 Cost-Effective Analysis 133

References 136

7 Planning Considerations 139

7.1 Public Policy 142

7.1.1 Research 142

7.1.2 Design Standards 143

7.1.3 National Policy 144

7.2 Long-Range Transportation Planning 145

7.2.1 Trip Generation 147

7.2.2 Trip Distribution or Destination Choice Module 148

7.2.3 Mode and Occupancy Choice Module 149

7.2.4 Trip Assignment Module 150

7.3 Operations Planning 151

References 154

8 Business Models for Automated Transit Applications 157

8.1 Public Owner and Operator 159

8.2 Private Owner and Operator 162

8.3 Public and Private Partners 166

References 170

9 Lessons Learned 173

9.1 Driving Can Be Replaced 174

9.2 Public Policy: A Double-Edged Sword 175

9.3 Design Matters 177

9.4 Demonstration Projects are Needed 178

References 180

10 Future Directions 181

10.1 Grow Automated Transit Applications 182

10.2 Create New Mode 183

10.3 Conduct Further Research 185

10.4 Sponsor Demonstration Projects 187

10.5 Develop Performance Measures 188

10.6 Encourage Diverse Business Models 189

10.7 Gather Public Support 191

References 194

Index 197