Improving Transportation ThroughInnovative Engineering

Some Personal Rapid Transit Activities

Peter Muller

Some Personal Rapid Transit Activities

Peter Muller

ATRA TECHNIX 2010

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Village West DevelopmentPersonal Rapid Transit Case Study

Village West DevelopmentPersonal Rapid Transit Case Study

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Village West Results

• Benefit/cost ratio 2.57• Increased annual sales tax $19.6M • Annualized capital and operating costs

over ten years $21.7M• $0.52 fare per trip covers shortfall• After ten years $1.00 per trip pays

operating costs.

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13 Miles of Guideway30 Stations

Fort Carson Army Post

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Simulation Results

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Net Annual Costs/BenefitsCOSTS (M) BENEFITS (M)

Capital 17.04 Travel Time 24.89

O&M 15.34 Auto Costs 27.84

Emission Reductions

5.02

Accident Costs 18.74

Totals 32.38 76.13

Benefit/Cost Ratio = 2.35

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Costs vs. Revenues

• 16.93M annual passengers• $1.66 per ride covers all net costs• $230 federal employee monthly transit

allowance• 29,034 active military @ $230 per month =

$80.14M annually• Bonding on fare revenue only is not typical

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Comparison with RailDulles Rail

ProjectVancouver Automated

Mid-Jordan LRT

Extension

Fort Carson

PRT Project

Miles of track 23 (2-way) 12 (2-way) 11 (2-way) 23 (1-way)

Stations 11 16 9 35

Daily pax 60,000 100,000 9,500 53,500

Capital cost $5,200M $1,870 $428M $529M

Cost per mile $113M $78M $19M $23M

Cost per stn $473M $117M $48M $15M

Cost per annual pax

$290 $62 $150 $33

Type Corridor Corridor Corridor Network

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Fort Carson Phase II

• Capitalization• System Extension• Benefit/Cost• Life-cycle Sustainability Performance

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BWI Airport

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BWI Airport

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BWI AirportAPM PRT

Miles of dual-lane guideway 5.7 3.6Miles of single-lane guideway - 7.7Stations 15 37In-terminal service -Seated travel -Time CONRAC to Term C (mins) 14 10

Daily ridership 61,400 58,817Capital cost (millions US$) 1,194 387Annual operating cost (M$) 13 12

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Problems with Conventional Transport

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The Problem with Transportation

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• In addition– 47% of net increase in GHGs since 1990 due to

transportation– Transportation contributes 34% of all GHGs– We must reduce energy used AND change

primary source

Problems with Conventional Transport

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Comparison of Positive Impacts

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How to Get Into PRT• Stakeholder Workshop• Public Outreach• Route Planning• Ridership Projections• Benefit/Cost Evaluation• Risk Analysis & Mitigation• Business Plan• Implementation Plan• Permitting• Procurement• Testing & Certification

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Technical Papers

• A Simple PRT Control System– Explores the limits of synchronized control

systems• Ride Sharing in Extensive PRT Networks

– Explores ride sharing methodologies for city-wide PRT systems

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Contact InformationContact Information

Peter MullerPRT Consulting, Inc.

1340 Deerpath Trail, Ste 200Franktown, CO 80116

Ph: 303-532-1855Cell: 720-318-4795

Fax: (303) 309-1913Twitter: http://twitter.com/PRTGuru

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