Despite the turbulence in the airport market in the last couple of years, airport People Movers have become an inherent part of airport expansion plans, worldwide. Over forty international airports are currently considering implementing an Automated People Mover (APM) system. The planning for these projects encompasses intermodal links, in addition to traditionally considered inter-terminal connectors. There is also a renewed interest in parking lot connectors, as buses are now subject to clean propulsion regulations and are becoming more complex to procure and operate. Airport planners no longer question the necessity and proven benefits of People Movers, but continue to struggle with their extremely poor affordability. The airport People Mover industry, despite over thirty years of successful installations, has not really matured, as the number of available technologies is limited and continuously fluctuates. Preserving a healthy and competitive People Mover industry is in the best interest of airports with current installations as well as those implementing or planning to implement a new installation. Broadening airport People Mover competitions for both suppliers and consultants is vital to achieving project affordability, technological benefits, and most importantly to sustaining a fragile industry. Cooperation between airports and non-airport People Mover industries might be beneficial to all. Airport People Movers are here to stay and airports directly or indirectly, should encourage the health of the industry and keep industry events alive. This paper takes a close look at how the airport People Mover projects are currently evolving, setting new trends in procurement and technologies.


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    Title :

    Trends in Airport Automated People Movers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    10th International Conference on Automated People Movers ; 2005 ; Orlando, Florida, United States


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2005-04-25




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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