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	Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) Systems TA Manual 1992 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Under title II, transit systems of these types which are owned or operated by public entities, and persons under contract with such entities, must be made readily accessible to and useable by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs.
		Automated guideway transit (AGT) system means a fixed-guideway transportation system which operates with automated (driverless) individual vehicles or multi-car trains.
		For example, one transit system has a policy of flashing interior train lights to indicate to passengers who are deaf that the train is malfunctioning and that all passengers must exit the train at the next station.
	www.dlrp.org /html/publications/transportation/agt-h.html (8998 words)

	Federal Transit Administration - About FTA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Automated guideway transit includes personal rapid transit, group rapid transit and peoplemover systems.
		Service must be operated on a regular basis by or under contract with a transit operator for the purpose of transporting passengers within urbanized areas, or between urbanized areas and outlying areas.
		Intercity rail service is excluded, except for that portion of such service that is operated by or under contract with a public transit agency for predominately commuter services.
	www.fta.dot.gov /31_ENG_HTML.htm (453 words)

	Motown Tranzit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A transit mode that is an electric railway (single or multi-car trains) of guided transit vehicles operating without vehicle operators or other crew on board the vehicle.
		Definition: A transit mode that is an electric or diesel propelled railway for urban passenger train service consisting of local short distance travel operating between a central city and adjacent suburbs.
		The transit portion of the study assessed whether a generic high-speed mass transit system (bus rapid transit or light rail) along Woodward avenue between Jefferson Avenue and Pontiac would alleviate the need to widen I-75 in Oakland County.
	www.hometown.aol.com /motranzit/page3.html (1838 words)

	TransitNet Glossary
		Transit passenger vehicle that is licensed, where required, and maintained for regular use, including spares and vehicles out of service for maintenance purposes, but excluding vehicles in "dead" storage, leased to other operators, in energy contingency reserve status, permanently not usable for transit service and new vehicles not yet outfitted for active service.
		APTA members include more than 400 public transit systems as well as state and local departments of transportation and planning agencies, manufacturers and suppliers of transit equipment, consultants, contractors and universities.
		Automated guideway transit includes personal rapid transit, group rapid transit and people-mover systems.
	www.ncdot.org /transit/transitnet/Glossary/A.html (1565 words)

	Automated guideway transit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Automated guideway transit (AGT) is a fully automated, grade-separated transit system in which rubber-tired vehicles are guided, usually by horizontally running guide wheels, on a guideway.
		AGT is normally used to implement either limited people mover systems, or more complex mass transit systems.
		The VAL (Véhicule Automatique Léger) system in Lille, France, opened in 1983, is often cited as the world's first mass transit AGT, but the title is disputed by Kobe's Port Liner, which opened two years earlier in 1981.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Automated_guideway_transit (144 words)

	Automated People Movers (APMs) - passenger transportation without the need for attendants
		An Automated People Mover is a passenger transport system with high levels of electronic intelligence so that vehicles are operated by computers over exclusive guideways without need for attendants.
		Other APMs are on the scale of mass transit, often referred to as AGT (automated guideway transit) or driverless metros.
		Guideway and station dimensions are significantly smaller in APMs than what is common with rail transit, even light rail.
	www.airfront.us /apms.html (490 words)

	Policy Study No. 230 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The most successful Transit Guideway in Los Angeles County is the El Monte Busway/HOV, consisting of a dedicated lane in each direction on or near the I-10 Freeway from slightly East of El Monte to near Union Station in the Northeastern corner of the Los Angeles Central Business District.
		As is typical of such transit tax issues, the original plan presented to the voters included many rail lines from the CBD to various suburban centers and residential areas, and included rapid construction of busways that would later be converted to rail.
		Guideway costs are generally higher closer to CBDs because of higher costs for land acquisition, and the greater difficulties associated with design and construction.
	www.rppi.org /transportation/ps230.html (10433 words)

	CBT: Transit Glossary
		Dedicated Funds: Funds dedicated to transit at their source of generation. The sources of dedicated funds could be sales, property, transfer, gasoline and other taxes; and bridge, tunnel, and highway tolls.
		Fixed Guideway: A mass transit facility using and occupying a separate right-of-way or rail for the exclusive use of mass transportation and other high-occupancy vehicles; or using a fixed catenary system useable by other forms of transportation.
		Transit Center: A fixed location where passengers interchange from one route or vehicle to another that has significant infrastructure such as a waiting room, benches, restrooms, sales outlet, ticket or pass vending machines, and/or other services.
	www.bettertransit.com /transit_glossary.htm (3063 words)

	Subpart H
		Those AGT systems that operate as rapid rail systems would be fully subject to the requirements for rapid rail (subpart C), and those that operate as light rail systems would be subject to the requirements for light rail vehicles (subpart D) instead of this subpart; this is further discussed under paragraph (d).
		Additionally, those AGT vehicles that operate as rapid or light rail vehicles would, under paragraph (d), be subject to the greater tolerances specified for rapid rail (subpart C) and light rail (subpart D) systems.
		The term "automated guideway transit" pertains to the method of train control and not necessarily to a category of vehicles exclusively.
	www.access-board.gov /transit/manuals/Transit%20Manual%20-%20H(agt).htm (4931 words)

	Public Transit FAQs
		Every day transit allows Americans from every walk of life to make decisions that improve the quality of their lives, such as shortening commute times to spend more time with their families, doing their part to improve air quality, or avoiding dangerous driving situations.
		While transit clearly benefits those who use it, even larger benefits accrue to all citizens in the form of economic development, reduced congestion, more livable communities and cleaner air.
		Transit vehicle operators are highly trained to anticipate and avoid problems.
	www.mptaonline.com /faq.shtml (4218 words)

	Morgantown GRT Infopage
		Phase I consisted of approximately 5.2 miles of guideway, 45 vehicles, 3 stations and a maintenance/control facility.
		The vehicle fleet was expanded to 71, 3.5 lane miles of guideway, 2.5 stations (one existing station was expanded) and a second maintenance facility were added.
		Others do not think it is a "true" PRT since the vehicles and guideway are so large and not all of the rides are non-stop from the orgin to the destination.
	faculty.washington.edu /~jbs/itrans/morg.htm (489 words)

	light transit paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The past desertion of transit in favor of automobiles is not proof of real preference, since transit and automobiles have never competed on bases which are economically and legally equitable.
		Their automatic operation frees them from the need for individual drivers and provides a level of service and safety which cannot be achieved otherwise.
		In an urban-suburban application, the guideway might be placed along streets which are spaced about half-a-mile apart in a checkerboard pattern, with the ends of the routes connected to create one or more continuous closed loops.
	www.trainweb.org /mts/articles/prt.html (2493 words)

	Official Site for the Tappan Zee Bridge/I-287 Environmental Review: Transportation Modes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Automated Guideway Vehicle--Guided transit passenger vehicles operating under a fully automated system (no crew on transit units).
		Monorail--A transit mode that is an electric railway of guided transit vehicles operating singly or in multi-car trains.
		The vehicles are suspended from or straddle a guideway formed by a single beam, rail, or tube.
	www.tzbsite.com /transportation (731 words)

	Tokyo's New Waterfront Transit System
		In principle, the AGT stations are unmanned, but part-time workers are sometimes mobilized to relieve congestion by guiding passengers, etc. Since congestion is conspicuously worse at the terminal stations, the ticket-issuing facilities and platform stairways are to be renewed early this year.
		When a passenger presses the intercom button, the monitor at the control centre is switched automatically to the closed-circuit TV at the location; the centre receives an average of 300 inquiries a day.
		Yurikamome is highly evaluated as a transit system for the future and is now carrying far more passengers than predicted thanks to the delightful views that it provides of the waterfront area, as well as the pleasant and comfortable ride.
	www.jrtr.net /jrtr16/f15_iwata.html (2614 words)

	Automated Guideway Transit (AGT) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Group Rapid Transit (GRT): This consists of moving blocks of riders with common origins and destinations.
		Personal Rapid Transit (PRT): Small vehicles are used (2-6 people) to transport individual parties directly from origin to destination, thus eliminatiing intermediate stops.
		The Modern Transit Society wrote an article in the early 1970's called Light Transit which is still applicable.
	moderntransit.org /articles/agt.html (117 words)

	Smart Growth: Environmental Protection Agency
		Projects eligible for FTA Section 5309 New Starts funding include any fixed guideway system that uses and occupies a separate right-of-way, or rail line, for the exclusive use of mass transportation and other high occupancy vehicles, or uses a fixed catenary system and a right-of-way usable by other forms of transportation.
		This includes, but is not limited to, rapid rail, light rail, commuter rail, automated guideway transit, people movers, and exclusive facilities for buses (such as bus rapid transit) and other high occupancy vehicles.
		FTA grantees may use FTA financial assistance for joint development projects that are physically or functionally related to transit or that increase transit ridership in a transportation corridor.
	www.epa.gov /smartgrowth/topics/transportation_funding.htm (585 words)

	People mover - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term does not imply any particular technology, and a people mover may use technologies such as monorail, duorail, automated guideway transit or maglev.
		Other complex APMs have similar characteristics to mass transit systems, and there is no clear cut distinction between a complex APM of this type and an automated mass transit system.
		The economics of automated trains tend to reduce the scale so tied to "mass" transit, so that small-scale installations are feasible.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/People_mover (844 words)

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		Such a definition, while desired in conventional transit, cannot be measured without asking every patron the destination of his or her trip, which is impractical.
		Guideways required to support and constrain moving vehicles are analyzed based on the results of dynamic analysis of vehicles moving on flexible spans.
		It is shown that once a network of PRT guideways is laid down rather than the few widely spaced lines of conventional rail system the required capacity of both lines and stations is remarkably modest, but that a modern PRT system will exceed the maximum practical throughput of most conventional rail systems.
	kinetic.seattle.wa.us /nxtlevel/prt/otherjea.html (4667 words)

	Personal Rapid Transit - Cyberspace Dream Keeps Colliding With Reality
		A transit concept from the 1960s, envisioning tiny automated electric automobile-like vehicles speeding throughout urban neighborhoods on elevated guideways, Personal Rapid Transit has fallen on its face and seemingly died several times, only to be repeatedly resuscitated by its adherents.
		Because, according to PRT designers, the guideways themselves serve as storage areas for PRT cars that are either waiting for their turn to access on-demand calls in stations, or are simply "on call", waiting to be deployed.
		But the vision of a vast network of guideways penetrating the nooks and crannies of even a portion of an urban area seems to have simply been abandoned when project designers and decisionmakers have confronted the real-world challenges and costs of trying to do this.
	www.lightrailnow.org /facts/fa_prt001.htm (6188 words)

	Federal Transit Administration - Grants & Financing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Eligible recipients for capital investment funds are public bodies and agencies (transit authorities and other state and local public bodies and agencies thereof) including states, municipalities, other political subdivisions of states; public agencies and instrumentalities of one or more states; and certain public corporations, boards, and commissions established under state law.
		A “fixed guideway” refers to any transit service that uses exclusive or controlled rights-of-way or rails, entirely or in part.
		Eligible Recipients: Public bodies and agencies (transit authorities and other state and local public bodies and agencies thereof) including states, municipalities, other political subdivisions of states; public agencies and instrumentalities of one or more states; and certain public corporations, boards, and commissions established under state law.
	www.fta.dot.gov /funding/grants/grants_financing_3558.html (416 words)

	Mineta Transportation Institute - Glossary of Terms Page 1
		A major labor union representing workers in the transit industry; membership is limited to operators, mechanics and other non-supervisory employees of the transit industry.
		A system of controls and equipment that automatically admits passengers on insertion of the correct fare in coins, tokens, tickets or farecards; it may include special equipment for transporting and counting revenues.
		The movement of a transit vehicle without passengers aboard; often to and from a garage or to and from one route to another.
	transweb.sjsu.edu /comglos.htm (3353 words)

	AGT versus LRT in Asia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Asian cities are undertaking major urban transit projects to mitigate congestion and pollution of an enormous proportion.
		Numerous others are facing major strategic decisions regarding which type of transit technology to implement.
		This paper illustrates the superior applicability of Automated Guideway Transit for Asian urban applications over elevated rapid transit systems, subways (including Japanese smaller diameter subways), and light rail transit (both at-grade and elevated) in spite of the latter’s broad promotion.
	www.pubs.asce.org /WWWdisplay.cgi?0105275 (123 words)

	The Highway Lobby
		Ever since the first public transit -- a ferryboat near Boston in 1630 -- got underway, a Broad variety of carriers have emerged -- buses, trolleybuses, vanpools, jitneys, heavy and light rail, cable cars, monorails, tramways and automated guideway transit.
		Twenty eight crimes were committed by General Motors and its oil and tire company co-conspirators in the Thirties and Forties leading to their convictions in federal district court in Chicago during the late Forties.
		The current issue is full of news regarding innovative advances and expansions in public transit from Santa Monica to Santa Clarity Valley to Contra Costa County and all the stages before various kinds of public transportation delivered to residents.
	www.commondreams.org /views02/0830-05.htm (711 words)

	Dr. Robert W. Burchell
		This report analyzes the critical issues relating to the development of an automated guideway transit system, or people mover, in Atlantic City.
		The study draws on several sources, including a review of Atlantic City planning documents and transportation studies; the automated guideway transit (AGT) literature; and interviews with 60 "stakeholders" representing the casinos, other Atlantic City businesses, community and civic organizations, and city, county, and state government agencies.
		AGT system suppliers and transportation officials from other cities that operate AGT systems were also interviewed.
	policy.rutgers.edu /cupr/people/Burchell/atlantic.htm (395 words)

	PRTdesign: The Flash
		A second big obstacle is operating cost: Unlike expressways, where the cost of operating the vehicles is paid by the individual owners, in public transit systems the operating cost must be paid by the system's owner (though ultimately passed on to the passenger and taxpayer).
		This requirement scared off most transit experts because until recently, providing enough control redundancy in a fully automated vehicle to make it "human-rated" was a very expensive proposition.
		Until recently another crucial item was still missing: Electric motors suitable for transit use were heavy and required either brushes--a huge maintenance cost when you're operating 1,500 vehicles per loop--or a complicated, expensive variable-frequency power supply.
	www.rhfweb.com /PRTdesign.htm (1692 words)

	SmartSkyways, LLC.
		SmartSkyways is a transit system of computer automated vehicles traveling on-demand between stations on a network of elevated guideways.
		It is being offered as a "privatization concept" for the business community to build and own at a profit.
		SmartSkyways is seeking a $15 million joint venture partner to assist in engineering and to develop a one-mile Automated Guideway Transport (AGT) demonstration model.
	www.smartskyways.com (62 words)

	TheStoryGroup.com: Northwest Corridor transit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		GRTA representative Paul Moore said the rapid transit category provides the best alternatives for the primary transit service in the Northwest Corridor, although he suggested there is some potential for use of commuter rail with at least one or two of the proposed alternative routes.
		GRTA representative Troy Russ, who is responsible for land-use considerations in evaluating the primary route alternatives and presented those alternatives during the meeting, said that the transportation modes being considered for the all-I-75 corridor route were express bus using HOV lanes, bus rapid transit possibly using dedicated roadway, light rail, automated guideway and heavy rail.
		For the Bankhead Highway and CSX railway route, the modes under consideration include bus rapid transit, light rail, automated guideway transit and heavy rail, such as that used by MARTA.
	www.the-stories.com /gbase/Expedite/Content?oid=oid:438 (803 words)

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