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Automated People Mover Standards

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  • Prepared by the Automated People Mover Standards Committee of the Standards Council of the Transportation and Development Institute of ASCE

    Automated People Mover Standards, ANSI/ASCE/T&DI 21-21, establishes the minimum requirements necessary to achieve an acceptable level of safety and performance for an Automated People Mover (APM) system. An APM is defined as a guided transit mode that is fully automated, featuring vehicles that operate on guideways with exclusive right-of-way. This standard covers design, construction, operation, and maintenance of APM systems.

    Topics include requirements for an APM in passenger operation, including chapters on security; system verification and demonstration; operation, maintenance, and training; and operational monitoring. One mandatory appendix covers requirements for system safety programs. Nonmandatory appendixes include a bibliography; recommended practice for acceptance of an APM system application, inspection, and test guidelines; recommended practice for working safely near APM systems; and commentary on emergency egress provisions.

    This revision includes substantive changes and additions of mandatory requirements in a number of chapters. These include new requirements that address separation assurance for Automated Transit Networks (ATNs), revised requirements for the structural design of APM specific guideways, revised requirements for the application of safety provisions, and four new appendixes.

    This standard may be used in a safety certification process. It will be helpful to anyone who owns, operates, maintains, designs, test, insures, oversees, or certifies APMs. It will also be valuable to transportation engineers, safety engineers, and contractors for APM systems or other innovative technology transit systems.

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Front Matter
i–xv
    Chapter 1 General
    1–3
    Chapter 2 Operating Environment
    5–6
    Chapter 3 Safety Requirements
    7–12
    Chapter 4 System Dependability
    13–14
    Chapter 5 Automatic Train Control
    15–21
    Chapter 6 Audio and Visual Communications
    23–24
    Chapter 7 Vehicles
    25–31
    Chapter 8 Propulsion and Braking
    33–34
    Chapter 9 Electrical Equipment
    35–37
    Chapter 10 Stations
    39–41
    Chapter 11 Guideways
    43–49
    Chapter 12 Security
    51–51
    Chapter 13 Emergency Preparedness
    53–54
    Chapter 14 System Verification and Demonstration
    55–61
    Chapter 15 Operations, Maintenance, and Training
    63–65
    Chapter 16 Operational Monitoring
    67–69
    Appendix A System Safety Program Requirements
    71–76
    Appendix B Bibliography
    77–78
    Appendix C Recommended Practice for Acceptance of an APM System Application
    79–80
    Appendix D Inspection and Test Guidelines
    81–83
    Appendix E Recommended Practice for Working Safely Near APM Systems
    85–86
    Appendix F Recommended Practice for Accommodating Luggage Carts in APM Systems
    87–88
    Appendix G Recommended Practice for Measuring Service Availability
    89–90
    Appendix H Independent Safety Assessment Recommended Practice
    91–91
    Appendix I Commentary on Emergency Egress Provisions
    93–94
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    Index
    95–98
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