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Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) Simulations
Downtown Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Network
Simulation
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Taxi 2000 prepared a detailed network simulation, depicted here,
subsequent to the Advanced Elevated Rail Symposium
held in June of 1998 in Covington, Kentucky.
From the description that accompanied the simulation: "The program is
set to simulate one hour of demand. At the end of this interval the demand,
which was specified by Cincinnati-area personnel, drops to zero. The demand
scenario depicts a Fri-day evening 'peak hour' before the start of a Cincinnati
Reds baseball game at Cinergy Field. During this hour 5338 passengers enter the
various passenger stations, of which 88% are going to the Cinergy Field
stations and the balance to other stations in the network."
- Typical Statistical
Results: When allowed to run to its completion the simulation produces
these resultant statistics, including an Average Wait Time of less than one
minute and a Maximum Wait time of under five minutes.
Please note the following about this simulation:
- The simulation did not portray an optimized Taxi 2000 network or
operation for this application.
- The simulation did not portray a final Sky Loop PRT network since
that will result from subsequent study and engineering effort. See also
Sky Loop Networks on the
System & Networks page.
PRT Station Simulation
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This Station Simulation is freely available for downloading and
operation on Windows PCs. See the Downloading and Operation link
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This program
simulates the operation of a PRT station of 3 to 7 berths in the presence of
arbitrary, randomly distributed flow rates of vehicles and passengers, with
vehicle dwell times randomly selected from a truncated normal distribution.
Besides enabling the viewer to watch the operation of a station, the simulation
permits the determination of the required berth size for given input flows on
the main and station bypass lines. This simulation does not depict any
particular station on the Downtown Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Network
Simulation.
As mentioned above, the user can change some of the variables in the
simulation. For instance, under the "Station" menu you can change the number of
vehicle berths from the default 5 to 7 berths.
- Downloading and Operation: The simulation is available
for downloading from the Taxi 2000 Corporation website.
- Runs on Windows 3.1, 95, and 98 systems.
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Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) Videos
In order to play these video files you need to have the
RealPlayer™ software installed on your PC. If you do not have
RealPlayer™ installed on your PC, click on the icon below, look for the
link to the RealPlayer™ 8 Basic (free) and download the program.
Then install it and return to this page to play or download the videos.
 Two or three different
RealPlayer™ video formats are available for "playing" via http
pseudo-streaming or for downloading and subsequent play from your hard drive.
The higher the streaming rate is [kilo bits per second] the higher the quality
is and faster Internet connection is needed. If the streaming play method does
not work for you, then it is recommended that you download the file first and
then play it from your hard drive with the RealPlayer.
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"What Is PRT?" from Citizens for PRT
[CPRT]
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The Citizens for
PRT [CPRT] organization has produced this excellent 7.5 minute video
for a non-technical audience explaining what PRT is and how it works. The Sky
Loop Committee uses this video in its presentations. It features computer
animations and provides an excellent overview.
This video is also available on VHS video tape and only costs
$10. It is available online via the CPRT website:
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Taxi 2000 Introduction:
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Taxi 2000
Corporation has furnished this 3:00 minute animation video that
provides an overview of the Taxi 2000 Personal Rapid Transit system, its
design, and operating characteristics.
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Dr. Anderson Discusses PRT Model (2
Videos):
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#1: In this 5.0 minute video Dr. Anderson, President of
the Taxi 2000 Corporation, discusses vehicle characteristics such as seating
and capacity, wheels, propulsion and braking, in-vehicle switch, automated
computer controls, and line capacity, as well as more general issues including
the overall rationale for Taxi 2000 PRT and why it has taken so long to bring
it about.
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#2: In this 2.0 minute close-up video Dr. Anderson
specifically discusses vehicle capacity, seating, use of wheels and Linear
Induction Motors versus magnetic levitation, and lateral stability.
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Seoul, Korea, PRT Animation:
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Taxi 2000 Corporation has furnished this 1:15 minute video animation
sequence depicting a similar PRT system operating in various locations in
Seoul, Korea. This video provides an active visual illustration of a potential
PRT system in operation in an urban environment and includes several scenes of
PRT stations.
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