"What is a People Mover? People movers are neither moving walkways nor Tesla Tunnels. Instead, people movers refer to trains often used to shuttle passengers around airports. However, San Diego's APM would travel beyond the airport to connect to Trolley Lines at Santa Fe Depot and serve Civic Center (below) or the Convention Center. The APM would emulate Vancouver's Skytrain, whose 22.6-mile Expo Line serves urban neighborhoods far from any airport."
"Like Vancouver Skytrain, San Diego's people mover could carry hundreds of people per train and run every two minutes, compared to every 7.5 minutes for the Airport Trolley. That is because while the Airport Trolley would require drivers, automated people movers are driverless. Therefore, going from running a four-car APM train every 4 minutes to running a two-car APM train every two minutes would decrease wait times while keeping capacity and required fleet and staff sizes constant."
"Doubling Trolley frequencies, however, would double the amount of hours paid to Trolley drivers. Furthermore, while Trolley trains use absolute, fixed-block signalling, Vancouver Skytrain's Automatic Train Control uses moving-block signalling. This enables Skytrain's vehicles travelling at full speed to safely run closer together than Trolley trains can. These superior frequencies have boosted Vancouver Skytrain's per-mile ridership to quadruple that of the Trolley's and generated massive transit-oriented"
San Diego's proposed automated people mover (APM) would link Downtown to the airport and connect to Trolley Lines at Santa Fe Depot, potentially serving Civic Center or the Convention Center. The APM would operate driverless trains that can run every two minutes, carrying hundreds per train, compared with Airport Trolley headways of about 7.5 minutes. Moving-block Automatic Train Control allows closer safe train separation and higher frequencies without increasing fleet size or staff. The APM design could mirror Vancouver Skytrain operations and use similar Bombardier Mark II rolling stock, enabling longer urban extensions and higher per-mile ridership.
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