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people mover

n. 1 A fully automated, grade-separated mass transit system, typically serving a small area such as an airport. 2 (context AU informal English) A car with a higher than normal passenger capacity, typically eight or nine passengers.

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People mover

A people mover or automated people mover (APM) is a type of grade-separated mass transit system. The term is generally used only to describe systems serving relatively small areas such as airports, downtown districts or theme parks, but is sometimes applied to considerably more complex automated systems.

The term was originally applied to three different systems, developed roughly at the same time. One was Skybus, an automated mass transit system prototyped by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation beginning in 1964. The second, alternately called the People Mover and Minirail, opened in Montreal at Expo 67. Finally the last, called PeopleMover or WEDway PeopleMover, was an attraction that was originally presented by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and that opened at Disneyland in 1967. Now, however, the term "people mover" is generic, and may use technologies such as monorail, duorail, automated guideway transit or maglev. Propulsion may involve conventional on-board electric motors, linear motors or cable traction.

Generally speaking, larger APMs are referred to by other names. The most generic is " automated guideway transit", which encompasses any automated system regardless of size. Some complex APMs deploy fleets of small vehicles over a track network with off-line stations, and supply near non-stop service to passengers. These taxi-like systems are more usually referred to as personal rapid transit (PRT). Larger systems, with vehicles with 20 to 40 passengers, are sometimes referred to as " group rapid transit" (GRT), although this term is not particularly common. 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. Another term " Light Metro" is also applied to describe the system worldwide.

People mover (disambiguation)

A people mover is an automated rail transit system.

People mover may also refer to:

  • PeopleMover, a Disneyland attraction in operation from 1967–1995
  • Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover, a Walt Disney World (Magic Kingdom) attraction in operation since 1975
  • Parry People Mover, a light rail vehicle
  • Niagara Parks Commission People Mover, Ontario, Canada
  • People Mover (Anchorage), Alaska, United States
  • Detroit People Mover, Michigan, United States
  • Schmid Peoplemover, an elevator capable of crossing a road
People Mover (Anchorage)

The People Mover is the public transportation agency that serves metropolitan Anchorage, Alaska. It is owned and operated by the Municipality of Anchorage, with service primarily within city limits and to nearby suburbs, such as Eagle River and Birchwood.

Usage examples of "people mover".

Reggie continued to chat as the people mover eased out of the train station and into the shopping center.

Amos stood stiff and withdrawn beside her on the people mover as it slid down the corridor.

Dem Lia nodded, quit wasting time chatting with the AI, glanced around only once at the two-hundred-some sealed sarcophagi where her family and friends continued sleeping, and took the main shipline people mover to the command deck where the other eight would be gathering.

Dem Lia nodded, quit wasting time chatting with the AI, glanced around only once at the two-hundred-some sealed sarcophagi where her family and friends continued sleeping, and took the main shipline people mover to the command deck, where the other eight would be gathering.