ULTra PRT for Niches Steve Raney, ATS ULTra North Am Former IBM Rochester employee

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ULTra PRT for NichesSteve Raney, ATS ULTra North
AmFormer IBM Rochester employee
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Outline

• Semi vendor neutral
• competitive procurement
• ULTra ATS overview
• London Heathrow Airport
• Application thoughts Edina Ford Plant
• Details
• Urban design considerations
• Stakeholder input / visual impact
• Cost per mile 7M to 15M
• Safety certification
• Procurement
• Questions.

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30 PRT companies technologies
2getthere EV - Masdar
Vectus Suncheon MOU
Skyweb Express - Fridley
Skytrans - suspended
Auto/EV tech. ULTra the best or just right
place, right time?
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30 vendors technologies
Open Guideway (ULTra) 2getthere Electric battery
Captive Bogey Vectus LIM guideway Skyweb
Express 3rd rail, LIM

• Suspended Mister, JPods

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3 Minute Video with Audio

• http//www.atsltd.co.uk/uploads/Videos/ULTra-Highe
  stQuality.mov - 208MB, high resolution
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v7PyUQuWmt2Meurl
• questions.

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ULTra Milestones

• 1995 Founded, University of Bristol
• 1999 UK Dept of Trade Grant to build prototype
• 2000 Winner UK DOT Innovation Competition
• 2002 Test track launch. Deputy Mayor for
  Environment
• 2002 European Union EDICT PRT study
• 2003 First safety clearance - UK Rail
  Inspectorate
• 2003 BAA transport study PRT bests APM and bus
• ULTra wins BAA PRT vendor competition
• 2005 BAA invests in ATS ULTra
• 2010 Spring revenue service

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Jan 2002 Cardiff Test Track
1 km Figure 8 track 1 station 4 Test Vehicles

• Supported by
• UK Dept for Transport
• UK Dept for Trade and Industry
• European Commission
• Cardiff County Council

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ATS The Company

• Development funded by 15M investment 15M
  contract revenues
• Based in the UK with 45 employees, 18 long-term
  contract staff, a US subsidiary and a joint
  venture in the Middle East
• Founder Martin Lowson, rocket scientist
• Apollo Space Programs Saturn Rocket, staff of 50
• Chief Scientist of Westland Helicopters
• Rotor system (patent-holder) for Lynx and EH101
  helicopters.
• Absolute world speed record for helicopters
• Fellow Royal Academy of Engineering, Royal
  Aeronautical Society, and American Institute of
  Aeronautics and Astronautics
• COO Phil Smith
• Mng Dir, Manchester LRT (privatized)
• 22 miles, 37 stations, 19M ppa.

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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
• Flexible Reinvent LHR while operating
• PRT only practical soln 60 travel time
  savings, 40 operating cost savings
• Small starter system, then expand
• Held PRT competition ULTra won gt negotiation
• Due diligence workshops, 100 pages of QA
• 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 Spring 2010 T5 10th largest
airport
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2 Business T5 parking Stations
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Heathrow Future Phases
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Lessons Learned

• Proven technologies
• 5 sets of control system hardware
• Magnets ? Laser sensing Lexus cruise LIDAR
• Fast, low-impact construction
• Didnt have to move any underground utilities
• Guideway 1km per week
• Safety certification process
• Integrate safety-consciousness throughout the
  process, not as a walled-off task
• Questions.

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Minneapolis I494 Corridor

• 90 solo commutes. 2nd biggest job center.

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Southdale Area

• Dense, mixed-use
• Hospital, 3.2K jobs
• Tall apts/condos

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• 1.4M s.f. mall, 4K jobs, 41K visitors
• Arterials, stop lights, pedestrian-hostile
• Surface parking the new frontier
• Office towers (3K, 1.5K jobs).

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Suburban Oasis

• Centennial Lakes Park
• Walking, skating, concerts, open space

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Edina PRT Circulator

• 6 mi, 15 stn, 45M - 90M
• Southdale, Galleria more competitive
• Economic development
• Transform edge city to TOD
• Feed bus
• Expand to South of 494
• Qs.

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Ford Plant New Town 124 acres

• Sc. 5 Trans Village
• 4K res/workers retail
• Connect to Hia. LRT
• 5 stations, 3 mi
• 1B real-estate, 40M PRT
• Will accelerate devt
• TOD land value .

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Car-free zone / PRT pedestrian mall(urban design)
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Residents PRT Grocery Shopping

• Hook N Go
• 2 car family
• 1 car
• PRT errands
• Carsharing
• Qs.

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Design Challenge Spots

• 65 crossing, leaf raised 3X/yr to 120
• Along the berm come back up
• Can always solve.

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MN Weather Snow Ice

• Skyweb Express famous for all-weather design
• ATS full grid GRP for open guideway PRT
• vs. Morgantown People Mover radiant heated
  guideway to melt snow.

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Stakeholder input(Muller)
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Guideway Visual Impact

• "No respondent felt that the vehicle appearance
  was poor, indeed the majority thought the
  vehicles would look excellent. The visual
  appearance of the elevated structure was regarded
  generally as good, with 40.4 rating it
  excellent. It is especially noteworthy that the
  response to the elevated track gave a notably
  positive response, with no definitely negative
  responses and only 2.6 feeling that it could be
  difficult. (Bristol, Cardiff)
• Qs.

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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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Safety Certification ATS version

• Automated transit 100X safer than driving
  at-grade transit
• US CFR 659 / ASCE APM Standards
• City/customer forms a RTA (rail transit
  authority). Vendor makes safety case. RTA
  approves
• MSP Airport people movers
• BAA ATS on the ASCE committee
• 361 ULTra hazard cases
• Earthquake, truck crashes into column, falling
  debris, fire, bad people, extreme weather,
  vehicle fails on guideway, slipping on stairs,
  etc..

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Strategy, Procurement

• If two or more cities are pitted against each
  other to win first PRT, that helps negotiations
• All vendors will provide 75 MN content by
  making the guideway and stations in MN.

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Funding Ideas

• When something has to be done least worst
• Instead of parking structure, PRT
• Land Value Capture Robert Cervero TOD study
• 100 office land gain, 25 residential land gain
• New building transportation impact fees
• Property Based Improvement District (PBID)
• Emeryville, CA Emery-Go-Round bus 2M/yr PBID
• Perimeter Center (Atlanta) Community Improvement
  District
• Orange County, CA GoLocal transit sales tax
• Commuter rail premium circulator
• Increased revenue to LRT/commuter rail/bus
• Federal FTA Small Starts
• Federal earmark
• PPP/concession de-risk capital cost.

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THANK YOU

• Come visit us at Heathrow
• Obtain customer perspective from BAA..

Laura Stuchinsky, San Jose