ULTra Personal Rapid Transit PRT Steve Raney, ATS ULTra

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ULTra Personal Rapid Transit (PRT)Steve Raney,
ATS ULTra
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3 Minute Video

• http//www.atsltd.co.uk/uploads/Videos/ULTra-Highe
  stQuality.mov - 208MB, high resolution
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v7PyUQuWmt2Meurl
• I usually take 3 questions at this time, rather
  than waiting til the end.

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ULTra as FutureCar

• Electric vehicle
• Charging infrastructure is easy
• Advances in EV propulsion help ULTra
• L-ion, Ultracapacitors, Fuel Cells, etc
• Automated Highway System
• Location-based system 100 position updates per
  second to less than 1 inch accuracy
• Automotive sensors Stop Go Adaptive Cruise
  Control
• No legacy vehicles interfere.

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ULTra London Heathrow Term. 5

• BAA privatized, owns LHR 6 airports 65
  Naples
• US retail contracts Baltimore, Logan, Pittsburg
• Grupo Ferrovial acquired for 20B
• 2 year Transport study
• low emissions, space efficient
• high level of service
• value
• Bus APM lost
• PRT only practical soln 60 travel time
  savings, 40 operating cost savings
• Reinvent LHR while operating. Move low-value
  activities farther away
• Small starter system, then expand
• Held PRT competition ULTra won gt negotiation
• BAA took equity interest in ATS ULTra.

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LHR Terminal 5
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Parking to T5 2.2 mi of track 18 vehicles 300,000
pax pa Opens end of year T5 10th largest
airport
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Heathrow Future Phases
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SJC APM v. PRT

• Completely

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San Jose Airport

• Green transit is crucial. PRT 100 mpg
• PRT last mile makes LRT, bus, BART, Caltrain
  ACE more effective
• PRT extendible, flexible
• SJC Commission focus on convenience
• People like to be above ground, not in a tunnel
• Cutting edge transit for Capital of Silicon
  Valley.

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Stanford Research Park, Palo Alto

• Page Mill Road
• 20,000 jobs
• 3B value
• 50 asphalt
• 80 13 mi SOV commute
• Commute Shed
• 47 within 2 miles of Caltrain
• 49 within 10 miles
• 200 US edge cities
• PC vs. mainframe
• 13 in Silicon V.

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SRP PRT
Vehicle Storage

• 5 mile system
• 17 stations
• 35M to 75M
• Capital cost

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Comprehensive, Integrated MobilityDoor to Door
Delivery services, Personal activities, Business
services

• Web/wireless coordination
• Supportive policy context
• Scale!

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Palo Alto and Pleasanton Market Research (300
surveys)

• Solo commutes 89 ? 45
• Carpool 9 ? 32, train 0 ? 15.5 train
• For 20K people, removes 6,600 autos (roughly)
• _at_ 350 s.f. per space ? 50 acres ? 326M Real
  Estate profit
• Easily covers 75M capital cost
• 3.5M increased annual Caltrain revenue
• Silicon Valley Transit-Oriented Development Study
• 100 office land gain, 25 residential land gain
• 1.32 PRT trips/day/person gt 26K trips/day
• Lower stress green lifestyle.

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Customer Centered Research

• Large solo driving reduction is hard
• Last mile problem is very important
• Mid-day trips 2X value of time
• Workers are unhappy with bus shuttles
• Each commuter basket of objections
• PRT last mile is important, but not sufficient
• 30 time penalty OK
• Carpool psychology is complex
• Matchmaking anonymous, superficial rejection
  (web dating)
• Sleep, uncertainty stress, and safety are
  important
• Short Caltrain or carpool with PRT OK
• Customer support eliminate nightmares
• Stranding want no penalty emergency ride home
• Good commute time went fast.

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THE END
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7M - 15M Cost per mile (2012)

• Cost function f
• System size (larger is cheaper because of fixed
  costs)
• Station Density (more stations/mile gt higher
  cost) 
• Peak hour trip demand (more demand gt more
  vehicles)
• Guideway
• Elevated
• At-grade
• Tunnel
• Culvert
• Cantilever
• Bi-directional
• Seismic requirements
• Curviness
• Stations fancy costs more
• Vehicle customizations.
• Desired average passenger wait time (shorter wait
  gt more vehicles)
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