CAPABILITIES
Vehicle Capacity - 4 passengers, seated. 1 Passenger in wheelchair with seated companion.
Line Capacity - Up to 3500 passengers per hour per direction with single guideway. Alignment design flexibility permits substantial increases in capacity.
Platform Capacity - 1000 to 3000 passengers per hour (2 to 10 berth stations)
Wait Time - Typically under 3 minutes during peak demand. Near zero off-peak.
Trip Time - 20-25 mph average speed. 2.5 to 3.5 minutes
for a 1 mile trip.
PERFORMANCE
Vehicle Speed - 30 mph maximum forward speed, 5 mph reverse speed, 15 mph push speed for fault management.
Service Breaking and Acceleration - 0.25g maximum. Jerk limited @ 0.25g/s
Emergency Braking - 0.25g to 0.5g fail-safe emergency braking.
Lateral Acceleration - 0.25 maximum, max 0.25 g/s using spiral transitions. Up to 6 degrees of superelevation.
Headway - Minimum searation of 2.5 seconds at 30 mph. Actual headway varies with traffic patterns.
Energy Use - 300 W-Hour/Vehicle
GUIDEWAY
Design Features - Open structure with pipe support. 24" diameter support columns. Center walk surface. Electric anti-icing available.
Dimensions - 78" W x 76" H
Span - Up to 120 feet with standard structure.
Minimum Radius - 60 feet
Grade - Up to 6% continuous - full performance; 10% maximum
VEHICLE
Vehicle Weight - 4500 pounds
Vehicle Payload - 900 pounds
Cabin Features - 4 seated passengers or 1 passenger in wheel chair with companion. Reinforced fiberglass cabin construction, 32" automatic door on each side. Front and rear exterior lights. Built-in HVAC, passenger display and audio annunciator, emergency intercom. Ample floor space for luggage, wheel chair T-turn. Emergency hatch at front.
Cabin Dimensions
interior: 46"W x 76"L x 56"H
exterior: 65"W x 134"L x 65"H
Chassis Features - 4 wheel drive, 24" run-flat pneumatic
tires. Dual, AC induction 50 KV motors. In-vehicle switch. Passive
steering, all wheels. Four 12" lateral support wheels.
POWER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION
Design Features - 600V DC. Dual redundant utility feed.
Two insulated distribution rails, anti-iced.
CONTROL SYSTEM
Design Features - Fully automated. AVP, AVO, AVS architecture.
Communications based, moving block control. 2.4 Ghz spread spectrum,
unlicensed radio.