| Title | Assessment of Operational Automated Guideway Systems - Jetrail |
|---|---|
| Record ID | 49174 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Anagnostopoulos, George; Wlodyka, Raymond A.; Mitropoulis, I.; Putukian, J.; Kangas, Ronald |
| Source | 276p. in various pagings |
| Corporate Creator | John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.) |
| Corporate Contributor |
United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration |
| Publisher | United States. Urban Mass Transportation Administration |
| Publication Date | 19771201 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | The report is an assessment and evaluation of the Braniff International Airlines Jetrail system located at Love Field in Dallas, Texas, the first operational completely automated, demand-responsive, group rapid, intra-airport transportation system. It connects a parking lot at the entrance to Love Field and the Braniff terminal with three-quarters of a mile of double-lane mono-rail and has ten suspended vehicles, a maintenance facility, and three stations. The system was intended to retain passengers in the face of increased congestion at Love Field. Jetrail operated successfully from April 1970 to January 1974, at which time Braniff moved to the new Dallas-Ft. Worth Regional Airport. Over six million passengers were carried 1.3 million miles during this period without a fatality or major mishap. The system did this in spite of the engineering novelty and early, low reliability of the propulsion and control system. The Jetrail system continues to be used as an engineering test-bed for a prototype linear induction motor propulsion system. This latter system, Astroglide, is being developed by PRT Systems Inc. Since the motor has no moving parts, it is more simple than the rotary motor and drive train of the Jetrail system. This report provides information on the Jetrail operational experience and the Astroglide prototype for transportation planners, designers, developers, and operators of AGT systems for intra-airport, urban, recreational, and freight applications. |
| Rosap ID | dot:10646 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/10646 |
| TRT Terms | Automated guideway transit; Automated vehicle control; Automatic control; Demand responsive transportation; People movers; Airports; Elevated guideways; Passenger transportation; Railroad stations; Rapid transit; Parking; Traffic congestion; Urban transportation; Vehicles |
| General Subjects | Dallas Love Field; Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport |
| Classification | NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Advanced Public Transit Systems; NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Transit Planning and Policy |
| Geographical Coverage |
Dallas (Texas); Texas |
| Report Number | DOT-TSC-UMTA-77-55; UMTA-MA-06-0067-77-1 |
| Resource type | Tech Report |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/49000/49100/49174/DOT-TSC-UMTA-77-55.pdf |
| Format | |
| Database | NTL Digital Repository |