Las Vegas - a showcase for automated people mover technology

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1999

Publication Title

ITE Journal (Institute of Transportation Engineers)

Volume

69

Issue

3

First page number:

36

Last page number:

40

Abstract

Las Vegas, NV, USA, is well known for the Strip, the wedding chapels where many Hollywood stars have married and its Elvis impersonators. What is not as widely known is that Las Vegas is home to a relatively large number of small scale Automated People Mover (APM) systems that serve the internal site-circulation needs of resorts. In fact, Las Vegas may be considered the birth-place of contemporary, low-cost, cable-propelled systems designed specifically to serve urban needs in North America

Keywords

Automated guideway transit; Local transit; Personal rapid transit; Urban transportation

Disciplines

Civil and Environmental Engineering | Civil Engineering | Other Engineering | Transportation | Urban Studies

Language

English

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