After a hiatus of many years during which PRT (Personal Rapid Transit) development was limited to a few companies all of which were starved for funding, there is now a revival of interest in this technology. This revival has taken the form of development projects in England with the ULTRA System, in Korea with the VECTUS System, in UAE with the 2GETTHERE system and in the USA with the Taxi 2000 System. A few other systems are at a lesser stage of development elsewhere. The author sees an urgent need to standardize these efforts. 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 (LCPRT)which has adopted the APM (Automated People Mover) Standard Operating Criteria and High Capacity PRT (HCPRT) 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.


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    Title :

    The need for high capacity PRT standardization


    Additional title:

    Die Notwendigkeit der Standardisierung von PRT-Systemen hohen Fassungsvermögens


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2009


    Size :

    10 Seiten



    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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