Citation

Shen DL, Lai SS. Transp. Res. Rec. 1994; 1451: 100-104.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences USA, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

The $920 million automated people mover (APM) system in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China is part of an ambitious $17.4 billion Taipei Rapid Transit System. The 11.6-km, 12-station APM system was scheduled to open in early 1994. The fully automated, driverless, rubber tire on concrete track system is based on the French VAL system design with a maximum capacity of 30,000 passengers per hour per direction. The minimum headway is 60 sec, and the top speed is 80 km/hr (50 mph). It is estimated that 27,340 passengers will use the Taipei APM system during the peak hour in the year 2001. The peak-hour traffic is expected to more than double to 55,900 passengers in 2021. Approximately two-thirds of the passengers on the Taipei APM system are expected to walk to and from the APM stations. This is the first time that a medium-capacity trunk-line APM system has been designed to accommodate significant traveling needs in a major city of more than 2 million people. If the operation turns out to be successful, similar applications of APM as a medium- to heavy-capacity trunk-line service could be expected in other cities.

Record URL:
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trr/1994/1451/1451-012.pdf

Language: en

Keywords

Automation; Traffic control; Rapid transit; Railroad tracks; Tires; Concretes; Economic and social effects; Mass transportation