Planning and Integration — MHJIT at Atlanta Airport

Successful implementation of APM expansion requires a comprehensive understanding of the existing design features and a real-time evaluation of facility interfaces. The design process of Atlanta Airport's new East Terminal, officially named the Maynard Holbrook-Jackson Jr. International Terminal (MHJIT), occurred concurrently with the finalization of the APM Supplier Contract for Bombardier. The paper examines the development and integration of APM aspects in the MHJIT facility planning ahead of the APM operating system contract award. This includes the project's APM alignment, station location and facility interfaces that require balancing of a complicated set of existing parameters (tunnel under existing terminal, tie-in to an existing system guideway located immediately adjacent to arguably the busiest APM maintenance facility. The Project team has committed to maintain the operation and maximize the available capacity of most heavily traveled Airport APM. In addition, the City has fast-tracked the terminal space planning to support an accelerated construction schedule.