The development of PRT technology is now proceeding into the proliferation phase. Numerous companies are developing PRT systems that vary profoundly from the original concepts. While this process is both natural and desirable, it is also disruptive to the effort to commercialize PRT on a sustainable worldwide market basis. Of particular concern is the division of the technology into Low Capacity PRT which has adopted the APM Standard Operating Criteria and High Capacity PRT which rejects that APM Criteria. The author considers that LCPRT is ultimately not financially viable, and urges that PRT be standardized according to the HCPRT Criteria, even if used for initially low capacity applications. The argument often heard, that it is too early to standardize PRT is gainsaid by the development of computer aided design which can telescope the rational evaluation of numerous technologies in a short time framework.
The Need for High Capacity PRT Standardization
12th International Conference of Automated People Movers ; 2009 ; Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Automated People Movers 2009 ; 379-388
2009-05-28
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
The need for high capacity PRT standardization
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