A people mover or automated people mover (APM) is a type of small scale automated guideway transit system. The term is generally used only to describe systems serving relatively small areas such as airports, downtown districts or theme parks.
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, rail tracks or maglev. Propulsion may involve conventional on-board electric motors, linear motors or cable traction. (Full article...)
Image 8Bardon Hill box in England (seen here in 2009) is a Midland Railway box dating from 1899, although the original mechanical lever frame has been replaced by electrical switches. (from Rail transport)
Image 16According to Eurostat and the European Railway Agency, the fatality risk for passengers and occupants on European railways is 28 times lower when compared with car usage (based on data by EU-27 member nations, 2008–2010). (from Rail transport)
Image 18Milan Metro is the largest rapid transit system in Italy in terms of length, number of stations and ridership; and the eighth longest in Europe. (from Rail transport)
Image 20Bulk cargo of minerals on a train (from Rail transport)
Image 21San Diego Trolley over Interstate 8 (from Road transport)
Image 22Lilienthal in mid-flight, Berlin c. 1895 (from Aviation)
Image 23The Great North Road near High gate on the approach to London before turnpiking. The highway was deeply rutted and spread onto adjoining land. (from Road transport)
Image 24Technology trends in Air transportation: patent landscape in air transport (from Aviation)
Image 25The Beijing Subway is one of the world's largest and busiest rapid transit networks. (from Transport)
Image 26Interior view of a high-speed bullet train, manufactured in China (from Rail transport)
Image 27The Cessna 172 is the most produced aircraft in history (from Aviation)
Image 28Map of world railway network as of 2022 (from Rail transport)
Image 29Traffic congestion persists in São Paulo, Brazil, despite the no-drive days based on license numbers.
Image 33Arizona - North America - Southwest - Interstate Highway System (4893585908) (from Road transport)
Image 34German soldiers in a railway car on the way to the front in August 1914. The message on the car reads Von München über Metz nach Paris ("From Munich via Metz to Paris"). (from Rail transport)
Image 40A cast iron fishbelly edge rail manufactured by Outram at the Butterley Company for the Cromford and High Peak Railway in 1831; these are smooth edge rails for wheels with flanges. (from Rail transport)
Image 70Swiss & German co-production: world's first functional diesel–electric railcar 1914 (from Rail transport)
Image 71The Lockheed SR-71 remains unsurpassed in many areas of performance. (from Aviation)
Image 72Customized motorcycle to maximize load capacity. Mobility is important for motorcycles, which are primarily used for transporting light cargo in urban areas. (from Transport)
The Wright Flyer (often retrospectively referred to as Flyer I and occasionally Kitty Hawk) was the first powered aircraft designed and built by the Wright brothers. The flight is recognized by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, the standard setting and record-keeping body for aeronautics and astronautics, as "the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight".
... that a section of Mississippi Highway 489 was designated as the Jason Boyd Memorial Highway to commemorate the MDOT superintendent who was killed while removing debris from the road?
.jpg)
_LHR_(5383777850).jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
,_The_Netherlands_pic1.JPG)
.jpg)
.jpg)
