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Automated Guideway Transit Technology Development March 1980 6 Automated Guideway Transit Te~hnology -oevelop.ment I . ·· A· . '·.~ I · MARCH 1980 Document is available to the public through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia 22151 Prepared for OFFICE. OF TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT URBAN MASS TRANSfORTATION ADMINISTRATION .U.S. DEPARTMENT· OF TRANSPORTATION Washington, D.C. 20590 Technical ~eport Documentation Page 1. Report No. 2. Government Accession No. 3. Recipient's Cotolog No, UMTA-VA-06-0056-80-1 --,--=--,--- --,-- - - - - --- -_.__ _____________ _ ___ _ _____ _____ ___-------1 4. Title ond Subtitle 5. Report Date Automated Guideway Transit Technology Development March 1980 6. Performing Organization Code t---;:;---,--,---:--;--- - --------- - -------------~ 8 . Performing Orgoni zotion Report No. 7 th0 - Au r'sl G. Daniel, R. Hoyler, G. Izumi, D. MacKinnon, Ul1TA; MTR-? -WOOOSS R. l 9 A. Priver. D. Sussman. TSC: A. Chambliss. C. Chung. MIT'E 9. P ·erforming Organization Nome and Address 10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS) The MITRE Corporation, Metrek Division 11. Controcl or Gron! No. 1820 Dolley Madison Boulevard DOT-UT-90063 McLean, Virginia 22102 13. Type al Report ond Period Covered --------- - - ----- 12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address U.S. Department of Transportation Urban Mass Transportation Administration 400 Seventh Street, S,W. 14. Sponsoring Agency Code Washington, D. C. 20590 15 . Supplemenlory Notes Urban Systems Department Project Number: 1284A 16. Abstract Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) systems offer the promise of meeting many of our present and future urban transportation needs and providing convenient and dependable service. However, many technological problems must be resolved before an AGT system can become a major transit operation. To address these problems, the Federal Government established the AGT Supporting Technology (AGTST) Program. The AGTST program includes many projects aimed at specific problem areas. These include: Systems Operation Studies, Systems Safety and Passenger Security Studies, Vehicle Longitudinal Control and Reliability Studies, Vehicle Lateral Control and Switching Studies, and Guideway and Station Technology Studies. This overview describes the AGTST program and presents results which are available or will be available in the near future. This report was compiled from material provided by the staff of the Office of Technology Development and Deployment, Urban Mass Transportation Administration; the Transportation Systems Center, Research and Special Projects Administration; and The MITRE Corporation. 17. Key Words 18. Distribution Statement Automated Guideway Transit Available to the Public through the Automated Transit National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia 22161. 19. Security Clossil. (of this report) 20. Security Clossil. (of this page) 21, No. of Pages 22. 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PROGRAM RESULTS 71 3.1 Technical Reports 71 3.2 Software Models 71 3.3 Workshops and Conferences 71 3.4 Technical Papers 71 APPENDIX A - STATUS OF AUTOMATED TECHNOLOGY 91 APPENDIX B - PRIOR AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 99 APPENDIX C - SOURCES FOR TECHNICAL REPORTS 109 GLOSSARY 113 iii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Figure Number 1.2.1 The Tampa Shuttle Transit System 3 1.2.2 The AIRTRANS System at Dallas-Fort Worth 5 Airport 1.2.3 The 2 Km Cabinentaxi Test Track in Hagen, 6 West Germany 2 .1.1 AGT System Operations Analysis Flow Diagram 18 2.1. 2 System Operation Studies Analysis Models 19 2.1.3 SLT Network Modeling Example 23 2.1.4 Traveling Unit Capacity/Headway 24 2.1.5 Ticketing and Entrance-Exit Turnstile Area 26 2.1.6 Rockaway Park Security Enhancement System 29 2.1.7 Closed-Circuit Television Monitors 30 2. 1.8 Closed-Circuit Television Monitoring Facility 3 0 2.1. 9 Automatic Braking Control System 32 2.1.10 Seat Configuration 33 2.1.11 Longitudinal Control System Test Vehicle 36 2.1.12 Otis Test Track 37 2.1.13 Onboard Microprocessor-Based Control System 38 2 .1.14 Microprocessor-Based Wayside Vehicle Safety 38 Monitor 2.1.15 Tandem Microcomputer System 39 2 .1.16 Microprocessor-Controlled Data Acquisition 39 System 2.1.17 Actively Steerable Tight-Lock Automatic Coupler 41 iv LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (Continued) Figure Number 2.1.18 Lateral Steering Control System Schematics 42 2 .1.19 Variable Geometry Lateral Control System 43 Test Vehicle 2.1.20 Experimental Test Vehicle Steering System 43 Components 2.1.21 VLACS Wire-Follower Test Facility 44 2.1.22 Test Equipment Recording Linear and Angular 45 Accelerations 2.1.23 A 4.3-Meter Long Profilometer Used to Measure 45 Guideway Running Surface Roughness 2.1.24 Existing AGT System Guideway Technologies 47 2. 1. 25 Morgantown Station and Guideway 48 2.1.26 WEDway Moving Platform Station 49 2. 1. 27 AIRTRANS Station 49 2 .1. 28 Ford Fairlane Vehicle approaching Hotel Station 50 2 .1. 29 Special Purpose Vehicle Used to Aid in Guideway 50 Snow and Ice Removal and Power Rail De-icing 2. 1. 30 Pipes for Delivering Guideway Heating Fluid 51 for the Morgantown System 2.1.31 Guideway Beam Design Variations 53 2 .1.32 Guideway Prefabrication Section of Bradley System 54 2.1.33 Guideway Prefabrication Section of the 54 Bradley Airport System 2.1.34 Guideway Column and Footing Configurations 55 2.1.35 Guideway Designs which Reduce Heating Losses 57 V LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS (Concluded) Figure Number Page 2.2.1 Detailed Nonlinear Simulation 59 2.2.2 Accelerating Walkway Deployment Configurations 60 2.2.3 Microelectronic-Based Sensor 63 2.2.4 Mixed Traffic Vehicle-Steering Controller 63 2.2.5 Experimental Mixed Traffic Vehicle Loop 64 2.2.6 Hydrostatic Drive Test Assembly 67 2.2.7 Vehicle Data Acquisition System 69 2.2.8 Microprocessor Terminal 69 A. 1.1 Progression of AGT Technology 93 B.1.1 Principal AGT Programs 101 LIST OF TABLES Table Number Page 1. 2 .1 Automated Guideway Transit Vehicle Categories 7 1. 5.1 AGTST Program Accomplishments to Date 13 2.1.1 Summary of Nominal SLT Deployment Characteristics 21 2 .1. 2 Summary of Nominal GRT Deployment Characteristics 27 2.1.3 Longitudinal Control Systems Studied 34 2.1.4 AGT Systems Winter Weather Provisions 52 2.2.1 Trip Time Comparison 62 3.1.1 Technical Reports 72 vi LIST OF TABLES (Concluded) Table Number 3.2.1 Software Model Summaries 81 3.3.1 Workshops and Conferences 85 3.4.1 Technical Papers 86 A.2.1 Technical Features of Domestic AGT Systems 95 A.2.2 Performance Characteristics and Status of 96 Domestic AGT Systems A.3.1 Technical Features of Foreign AGT Systems 97 A.3.2 Performance Characteristics and Status of 98 Foreign AGT Systems vii 1. PROGRAM OVERVIEW 1.1 Background Automated guideway transit (AGT) systems have a high potential for meeting UMTA's goal to improve mass transportation service in a cost effective manner. By adopting automation techniques, the cost of system operation can be substantially reduced through elimination of the vehicle operator. Deployed AGT systems such as those at Tampa and Seattle-Tacoma airports are successfully operated with less than 0.2 man-hours of staff per hour of vehicle operation. Further benefits of automation are gained if vehicle size and operating headways are reduced. Smaller vehicles permit significant reductions in guideway cross-section, thus reducing guideway cost and simplifying system introduction into existing urban sites. Smaller vehicles also allow for the development of extensive urban guideway networks. Flexible routing will also result in improvements in operating efficiency and cost-and-energy effectiveness as a result of improved vehicle load factors. The resulting reductions in access and transfer delays as well as high travel speed should contribute to substantially improved service levels. The concept of Automated Transit emerged in the early 60's, spurred by the successful application of the concepts of auto­ matic control in the areas of defense and industrial process control.
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