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.

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
  • Moving walkway
  • 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
  • A minivan
  • People Mover (Anchorage)

    The People Mover is the public transportation agency that serves metropolitan Anchorage, Alaska. Owned by the Municipality of Anchorage, its primary operating area is within these boundaries. It also provides service to Anchorage suburbs, such as Eagle River and Birchwood.

    Service

    The People Mover bus system includes regular all-day service routes on many of the city's major streets as well as one route with limited service that goes from Anchorage to Eagle River and Birchwood during the weekday commute hours. Many routes terminate at the Downtown Transit Center, located at the southeast corner of 6th Avenue and H Street in Downtown Anchorage.

    People Mover service for most routes within Anchorage begins at 6 or 7 am and ends at 9 or 10 pm, with some of the major routes running until 11 pm on weekdays. On Saturdays, most of the all-day routes begin service at 8 or 9 am, and end at 7 or 8 pm. On Sundays, the service in much more limited, with most routes starting at 10 or 11 am and ending at 5 or 6 pm.

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