ACRP Report 67: Airport Passenger Conveyance Systems Planning Guidebook

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ACRP Report 67 provides a guidebook for planning and implementing passenger conveyance systems at airports based on actual case study analysis of how these components function in real-­time situations. It describes best practices and specific design considerations and presents decision­-making frameworks for implementing passenger conveyance systems. Passenger conveyance components include escalators, elevators, moving walkways, and passenger assist vehicles/carts. Automated people mover systems (the subject of ACRP Reports 37 and 37A), personal rapid transit systems, and shuttle bus systems are not covered in the guidebook. In addition to the guidebook, ACRP Report 67 includes a comprehensive database along with a decision support tool for planning, designing, and evaluating passenger conveyance systems at airports as a function of specific airport design and operating parameters. This database (available for download below and on a CD-ROM bound into the printed report) allows project planners to examine how passenger conveyance compo­nents operate as a system throughout different areas within the airport environment.

The guidebook is directed primarily at airport planners, passenger terminal planners, and architects. Along with the accompanying database, it provides estimates of actual throughputs and capacities based on what is actually being achieved in airport operations.

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TransSolutions, Clemson University, & Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. (2012). ACRP Report 67: Airport Passenger Conveyance Systems Planning Guidebook. Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C.

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