Guidebook for Planning and Implementing Automated People Mover Systems at Airports (2010) / Chapter Skim
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40 The prior chapter concluded with a brief discussion of step 2 of the APM planning process, developing alternatives to be analyzed with the objective of best accommodating the passenger conveyance needs identified in step 1 (see Figure 7-1)
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Level-of-Service Decision-Making Flow Key: Process Data Output Start/ End Planning Process Decision-Making Flow APM Benefits Alignment Stations Guideway/ROW Capital Costs Operations & Maintenance Costs Cost–Benefit Analysis Financial Strategies Power Distribution Command, Control, and Communications Ridership System Capacity NEED System Level of Service Evaluate System Level of Service Evaluate System Level-of-Service Measures Environmental Final Design Procurement Defined APM System Functions Served Service Req'ts. Maintenance Facility Walk & Time Thresholds Source: Lea+Elliott, Inc.
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Standard buses -- Typically, these are driver-operated, diesel-powered, 30- to 40-passenger buses. Bus lengths range from 35 ft to 40 ft.
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43 shaped (such as "D" or "E") or as a spoke configuration.
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number and location of bus berths; also, the technology requires steps in boarding and has a much lower door-width to vehicle-length ratio. Moving walk systems are supplemented by connector or concourse walk corridors parallel to the moving walks.
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45 provide a clear threshold for implementations. Airports with landside APMs range between 12 MAP and 30 MAP of O/D passengers at the time of implementation, with a concentration around 22 MAP.
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capacity threshold. At individual airports a high demand/ capacity ratio over a sustained period is probably a better metric.
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47 station) compared to a similar trip using a landside bus.
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which typically can only access one side. The APM also has level boarding, which allows faster boarding compared to the step boarding of apron buses.
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regardless of the terminal configuration. For both contiguous and remote terminal configurations, APMs allowed for approximately 50% more gates.
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