In+Motion_Summer 2018

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Automated Transit Technology Assessment CINCINNATI – As part of the Cincinnati/ Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) Master Plan Update, the study required an APM planning analysis to recommend a new, high-quality, state-of-the-art transit technology replacement when the existing APM system reaches the end of its useful life. The existing APM System consists of two separate, independent, 3-station, cable- propelled APM shuttles that utilize Hovair suspension operating between Terminal 3, Concourse A and Concourse B. The parallel guideway tunnels are approximately 1,200 feet in length and each uses one, 3-car train. Lea+Elliott, as part of the Landrum

& Brown team, prepared a Technology Assessment to identify transit technology categories and assess their characteristics

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for applicability to replace the existing CVG APM System. The primary objective of the Technology Assessment was to determine if there are viable technology candidates to support replacing the existing APM System with a new APM that would fit within the existing tunnel structure and utilize the existing fixed facilities. The Technology Assessment included a presentation of the various technologies that were considered for the replacement of the existing APM system at CVG. From the general technology categories considered, a range of specific representative technologies were recommended for consideration and were evaluated based on these groups of factors: performance, level of service, right-of-way requirements, insertion impact, cost efficiency, and technology maturity. Cable-propelled and self-propelled technologies were deemed appropriate technologies for the replacement of the existing cable-propelled system and were recommended to be carried forward to assure a competitive environment for the procurement of the system should the Airport decide to move forward with a system replacement. A competitive, best-value procurement process can be used to select the technology and supplier that best meets the needs of the project, and provides the desired high quality, state-of-the-art image for the airport.

New Chengdu Tianfu International Airport will include APM Chengdu, CHINA – The new Chengdu Tianfu international Airport is located approximately 50 km southeast from the city center of Chengdu. The new Airport will include four separate terminal buildings connected via an APM system with airport connections to local metro and regional high speed rail (HSR). The airport will be constructed in two phases. In Phase 1, Terminals 1 and 2 will be constructed and will be connected by a fully underground, dual-shuttle APM system. The system is planned to be expanded in Phase 2 to Terminals 3 and 4. The APM System would then be extended to operate as a pinched loop and include a new, off-line Maintenance Facility. Lea+Elliott led the conceptual planning and preliminary design for the Airport APM project as a sub-consultant to the China Southwest Architectural Design Institute (CSWADI). In the conceptual planning stage, Lea+Elliott developed the conceptual alignment in coordination with adjacent airport, metro and high- speed rail facilities; optimized passenger connectivity and system operations; and developed preliminary sizing for the maintenance facility and power distribution substations. The preliminary design effort furthered the conceptual design focusing on designing the APM alignment and ancillary facilities as well as resolving constraint conflicts between the planned alignment and changes made from other disciplines such as continued on p 5

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