Automated People Mover / Monorail

Lamoreaux Associates’ expertise in Automated People Movers / Monorails includes Track/Guideway; Communications/Technology/ITS; Vehicles/Trains; Systems Engineering/Integration; Automated Fare Collection; Traction Power; Stations, Operations & Maintenance Facilities; and Third Rail/Power Rail/Overhead Contact Systems.

Our work with Automated People Movers / Monorail has included Airports, Medical Centers, Resorts, Metro, and City Centers.

Projects
Daegu Monorail, Daegu, South Korea, Sungwon Tramway: Provided planning, alternatives analysis, and design services for this 15 mile, 30 station automated people mover system, including analysis of river crossing options (cable suspension, cable stayed, segment box girder, beam, arch), column and guideway options, and presentations to the project team and management. The river crossing includes a dual lane 1000 ft. bridge span.
Daegu Monorail, Daegu, South Korea, Sungwon Tramway
Las Vegas Monorail, Douglas Petersen & Associates/Lloyds of London: Prepared a system evaluation report, and provided construction management services, including scheduling and contract administration support, for all subsystems including communications, train control, stations, track/guideway, automated fair collection, TPSS, power rail, system-wide electrical, and O&M facilities. This project covered the entire 7 station, 3.9 mile system, from the Hilton to MGM Hotels. The concrete guideway/track is elevated dual lane, with driverless trains and communications based train control.
Las Vegas Monorail, Douglas Petersen & Associates/Lloyds of London
Outdoor Test Facility High Speed Vehicle Prototype, South Korea. Our firm designed a high speed vehicle prototype system, including vehicle, guideway, and control system; completed a contract to build the vehicle and control system and deliver it, test it, and oversaw construction of the guideway and operations/maintenance facility, including site plan and development. Our vehicle design included all subsystems including the vehicle frame, exterior skin, electrical, electronic and mechanical systems, wireless vehicle to wayside communications, control center servers and workstations, control/signaling system software including developing the HMI and software at the control center, vehicle acceleration/braking profiles and ATP/ATO/ATC/ATS systems; integrated design of all off the shelf equipment, including equipment mounting and interconnections, structural, mechanical, and electrical modeling and analysis; finite element analysis of vehicle frame and wheels, and vehicle performance analysis and computational fluid dynamics simulations (computer wind tunnel simulation). We assembled a project team of employees to build the vehicle, and completed factory testing of the completed vehicle and control system reaching 200 mph speeds (on dynamometer), in addition to on site construction management and integrated testing/commissioning of the prototype system. This vehicle system provides 160 mph operation during service, and is fully automatic and driverless.
Outdoor Test Facility High Speed Vehicle Prototype, South Korea
California Exposition Trolley, Sacramento, CalExpo: Performed site investigation for the existing system, completed a system assessment and design services for this existing Trolley, after 25 years in operation. We completed a system refurbishment plan and cost estimate for all subsystems, including stations, power rail, track/guideway, TPSS, communications, train control, automated fare collection, system-wide electrical, and O&M facilities. Our firm assisted in completing phase 1 of the plan to repair the existing power distribution system and contact/power rail. We designed specialized maintenance vehicles and equipment for the phase 1 refurbishment.
California Exposition Trolley, Sacramento, CalExpo
Newark Airport AirTrain, New Jersey, Von Roll Transport Systems: Provided planning and design services, including preparation of the airside and landside safety/security plan, failure management plan, winterization plan, guideway alignment alternatives analysis, design of elevated steel guideway and switches, guideway heating system, and maintenance vehicle. The system is 3 miles in length with 8 passenger stations.
Newark Airport AirTrain, New Jersey, Von Roll Transport Systems
Las Colinas People Mover, Los Colinas, Texas, Universal Mobility: Provided planning and design services for guideway and vehicles, prepared system cost estimates for all subsystems, including track/guideway, TPSS, automated fare collection, communications, train control, stations, system-wide electrical, power rail, and O&M facilities. Also, completed a capacity analysis for initial planning. This system is 1.4 miles in length with 4 passenger stations.
Las Colinas People Mover, Los Colinas, Texas, Universal Mobility
New Orleans World Exposition Monorail, Louisiana, Universal Mobility: Provided planning, design, manufacturing inspections and support, construction management, contract administration, and operations/maintenance support for the entire project. Our work included systems and civil subsystems (guideway, stations, O&M facilities, substations, power/contact rail, train control, system-wide electrical, communications and fare collection), for this 3 station, 1.5 mile system. The project included elevated steel guideway, with a fleet of 6 – 10 car trains.
New Orleans World Exposition Monorail, Louisiana, Universal Mobility
Downtown People Mover, Las Vegas, Magnetic Transit of America: LA completed final alignment design verification using our proprietary computer programs for this guideway with spiral curves. Provided construction management services including guideway inspections at the Texas fabrication facility, and quality control during erection using high-precision, triangulated surveying methods to properly locate beams over columns, and accurately align beam to beam connections. Performed site inspections of alignment and station sites. Magnetic Transit of America was purchased by Westinghouse, which stopped further project construction.
Downtown People Mover, Las Vegas, Magnetic Transit of America
Dade County Zoological Park & Gardens Monorail: Provided planning, design, manufacturing inspections and support, and construction management. Our work included systems and civil subsystems (guideway, stations, maintenance facility, substations, contact/power rail, system-wide electrical, train control, and communications), for this 4 station, 2 mile system. The project included elevated steel guideway, with a fleet of 6 trains.
Dade County Zoological Park & Gardens Monorail
Aerobus People Mover Test Track: LA staff completed system planning, preliminary design, route selection, alignment layout, capacity analysis, station and maintenance facility location selection, alternatives analysis, value engineering and estimate of the capital cost of construction for all subsystems. Completed preliminary design of the guideway, passenger vehicle, freight vehicle overhead contact system (OCS), substations, communications, and system-wide electrical. Prepared computer renderings/animation of passenger and freight vehicles with guideway and station.
Aerobus People Mover Test Track
PANYNJ NY Airport Access System JFK-LaGuardia: Completed system planning, analysis of the proposed alignment, alternatives analysis for alignment changes, alignment layout, capacity analysis, value engineering to determine optimum quantity and size of vehicles, and prepared a cost model for the capital cost of construction for all subsystems, including track/guideway, vehicles, stations, fare collection, communications, train control, system-wide electrical, power rail, and O&M facilities.
PANYNJ NY Airport Access System JFK-LaGuardia
Covington/Cincinnati People Mover: Completed system planning, analysis of the proposed alignment, alternatives analysis for alignment changes, alignment layout, capacity analysis, value engineering to determine optimum quantity and size of vehicles, and prepared a cost model for the capital cost of construction for all subsystems, including communications, automated fare collection, train control, stations, track/guideway, substations, power rail, system-wide electrical, and O&M facilities. Prepared presentation materials, and assisted in the presentation to the City of Covington, Kentucky.
Covington/Cincinnati People Mover
Milwaukee Medical Center People Mover: Completed system planning, conceptual and preliminary designs, route selection, plan & profile, capacity analysis, station and maintenance facility location selection, alternatives analysis, value engineering, and cost estimation. Performed site inspections of alignment and station sites, and verified interfaces with existing medical buildings. The alignment included a freeway crossing, connecting remote parking areas, retail and commercial areas, with the geographically separated buildings of the medical facility.
Milwaukee Medical Center People Mover
Houston Texas Medical Center People Mover: Performed site inspections of alignment and station sites. Completed system planning, preliminary design, route selection, alignment layout, capacity analysis, station and maintenance facility location selection, alternatives analysis, value engineering, detailed traction power/duty cycle analysis and report for motor/vehicle sizing, cost estimate, and feasibility report.
Houston Texas Medical Center People Mover
Auraria Higher Education Center People Mover, Denver: Completed system planning, preliminary design, route selection, alignment layout, capacity analysis, station and maintenance facility location selection, alternatives analysis for guideway alignments and vehicle, and project capital construction cost estimate for all subsystems including train control, stations, track/guideway, substations, power rail, system-wide electrical, communications, automated fare collection, and O&M facilities. This monorail system is to connect parking facilities at Mile High Stadium with the college campus. Completed a site inspection, performed an alternatives analysis, and completed the preliminary guideway structural analysis for the I-25 freeway crossing.
Auraria Higher Education Center People Mover, Denver
Grand Canyon South Rim Transit System, Arizona: Performed system planning including capacity analysis, detailed renderings at multiple locations, alternatives analysis, value engineering to determine quantity and number of vehicles, and cost estimation. The system was proposed to connect parking and lodging facilities, the transportation center, and viewpoints at the Grand Canyon.
Grand Canyon South Rim Transit System, Arizona
Mammoth Ski Area People Mover Upgrade, California: Performed a site investigation and evaluation of the existing train control system. Completed conceptual design for the automated train control system upgrade. Reviewed the existing train control system schematics to determine needed improvements. Prepared a detailed cost estimate to upgrade the train control system.

Mammoth Ski Area People Mover Upgrade, California

Hershey Park Monorail Rehabilitation, Hershey, Pennsylvania: Completed cost estimates to replace the aging monorail trains installed in 1968. The vehicle cost estimate included car body modules, bogies, chassis, lighting, doors and door openers, FRP shell, flooring, interior finishes and seating, traction drives and controller, on board PLCs and operator control console, and vehicle ancillary electrical systems.
Hershey Park Monorail Rehabilitation, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Houston Woodlands Industrial Park Monorail Freight System, Houston, Texas: Completed system planning, route selection and alignment layout, alternatives analysis for various alignment options interfacing with existing and proposed industrial buildings and estimate of the capital cost of construction for all subsystems including train control, stations, track/guideway, substations, power rail, system-wide electrical, communications, and O&M facilities.

Houston Woodlands Industrial Park Monorail Freight System, Houston, Texas

Port of Los Angeles: LA prepared capital construction cost estimates for a monorail container transport system, for this shipping container port site. This included all subsystems including stations, track/guideway, substations, power rail, and O&M facilities. Completed plan and profile for the freeway crossing. Prepared a container transport vehicle rendering and animation, including loading of the container on the vehicle.

Port of Los Angeles

London Thames River People Mover, London, England: Completed system planning including transit technology assessment, conceptual design, plan & profile, capacity analysis, station and maintenance facility location selection, renderings of London, aerial guideway structure and vehicle; alternatives analysis for different vehicle sizes, value engineering, and cost estimation.
London Thames River People Mover, London, England
Pusan to Kimhae People Mover, South Korea: Completed system planning, conceptual design, route selection, network capacity analysis, station location selection, value engineering to determine best vehicle type and size, and cost estimation. Performed site inspections of alignment and station sites. This project is to connect the city of Pusan, South Korea to Kimhae.

Pusan to Kimhae People Mover, South Korea

Pusan to Jae Jong Dae People Mover, South Korea: Performed system planning, conceptual design, route selection, capacity analysis, station location selection, value engineering to determine best vehicle type and size, and cost estimation. Performed site inspections of alignment and station sites. This project is to connect the city of Pusan, South Korea with Jae Jong Dae.

Pusan to Jae Jong Dae People Mover, South Korea

Sokcho Resort People Mover (South Korea): Completed system planning, conceptual design, route selection, plan and profile, system passenger capacity analysis, station and maintenance facility location selection, alternatives analysis, value engineering, estimation and feasibility report. Performed site inspections of alignment and station sites, including integration with existing buildings and structures. This transit system was proposed to connect lodging, business, convention, and national park facilities to ease traffic congestion in this resort area near the northern border of South Korea.
Sokcho Resort People Mover (South Korea)
Chongqing Main Line Transit System, China: Assessed technology applicability, completed system planning, conceptual design, route selection, capacity analysis, station and maintenance facility location selection, plan and profile alternatives analysis of alignments and associated costs, value engineering to determine optimum vehicle size, column spacing, and alignment route, life cycle cost estimation and assistance in preparing the feasibility reports with the ENFI Engineering Institute from Beijing. Performed a site investigation, and completed a conceptual design, including fixed guideway/track, stations, substations, overhead contact system (OCS), train control/signaling, communications, passenger vehicles, fare collection, and O&M facilities. This transit system was proposed to connect the main peninsula in the city center of Chongqing, across the Yangtze and Jialing Rivers to north and south areas of this city of 32 million. The project is associated with population being relocated to the city of Chongqing from the Three Gorges area of the Yangtze river, due to construction of the Yangtze river dam project.
Chongqing Main Line Transit System, China
Chongqing Airport People Mover, China: Completed system planning, conceptual design, route selection, capacity analysis, station and maintenance facility location selection, alternatives analysis for various alignments, value engineering to determine pylon spacing and vehicle size, and cost estimation. Performed a number of site investigations in Chongqing. Our work covered all subsystems, including fixed guideway/track, stations, substations, overhead contact system (OCS), train control/signaling, communications, passenger vehicles, fare collection, and O&M facilities. This system will connect the Chongqing Main Line Transit system just west of the downtown area at the Chongqing Chaotianmen Transit system City Center station, to the airport north of the city.
Chongqing Airport People Mover, China
Dalian Main Line Transit System, China: Completed system planning, conceptual design, route selection, capacity analysis, alternatives analysis for various alignments, value engineering to determine pylon spacing and vehicle size, and cost estimation for all subsystems. Inspected the alignment and station locations proposed by the city, and reviewed alternatives with the city of Dalian representatives.

Dalian Main Line Transit System, China

Dalian Bay Crossing People Mover, China: Assessed transit technology to use for the bay crossing, completed system planning, conceptual design, route selection, network capacity analysis, alternatives analysis for various alignments, value engineering to determine pylon spacing and vehicle size, and life cycle cost estimation for all subsystems. Performed site inspections for the alignment and station locations proposed by the city, and reviewed alternatives with the city of Dalian representatives.
Dalian Bay Crossing People Mover, China
Macau People Mover, Hong Kong: Performed site inspections of the terminal station sites and bay crossing. Completed system planning including technology assessment for use at this site, conceptual design for pylons and foundations, profile at center ship crossing, capacity analysis, alternatives analysis for different vehicle sizes, value engineering for pylon spacing, and life cycle cost estimation for all subsystems. This people mover is proposed to connect Hong Kong with the island of Macau across a shallow bay.
Macau People Mover, Hong Kong
Hong Kong Resort People Mover: Completed system planning including technology assessment for use at this site, conceptual design for pylons and foundations, profile at ship crossing, network capacity analysis, alternatives analysis for different vehicle sizes, value engineering for pylon spacing, and estimation. This people mover is proposed to connect the new Hong Kong international airport with this proposed land development resort project.
Hong Kong Resort People Mover
Bosphorus Transit System, Istanbul, Turkey: Completed site investigation, system planning including conceptual design, analysis of steep grades for applicability to the technology selected, route selection, capacity analysis, station and maintenance facility location selection, alternatives analysis for various alignments and major structure spans, value engineering to select vehicle sizes and guideway spans, and life cycle cost estimation. This system is to be used to relieve congestion in a popular tourism area adjacent to the Bosphorous River and Istanbul Palace.
Bosphorus Transit System, Istanbul, Turkey
Golden Horn Transit System, Istanbul, Turkey: Completed site investigation, system planning including conceptual design, route selection, capacity analysis, station and maintenance facility location selection, detailed renderings and animation of a vehicle approaching a station with passenger loading and vehicle departing the station, alternatives analysis for various alignments and major structure spans, value engineering to select vehicle sizes and guideway spans, and capital cost estimation. This system is to be used to relieve congestion in a high traffic area near the city center and mosque, and to provide connections to the existing Light Rail and Subway systems.
Golden Horn Transit System, Istanbul, Turkey
Swinoujscie Poland Shuttle Transit System: Completed conceptual design, route selection, alignment design, vehicle capacity analysis, station location selection, station configuration, alternatives analysis, value engineering to determine vehicle sizes and column spacing, and cost estimation. This project is a vehicle transport system, to transport private cars from one side of a river to the other, using monorail container transport technology.
Swinoujscie Poland Shuttle Transit System
Budapest People Mover, Hungary: Completed system planning, capacity analysis, station and maintenance facility location selection, alternatives analysis, value engineering, and capital cost estimate.
Budapest People Mover, Hungary
High speed transit system with vehicles traveling in an enclosed tube using turboprop propulsion and air levitation, with a design speed target above 100 mph. Completed system planning, preliminary vehicle and guideway design, and prepared computer renderings, simulations, and animation of the vehicle, guideway and a passenger station. Completed preliminary design of the vehicle including propulsion motor and controls, lighting and ancillary systems, frame, shell, flooring, windows, doors, interior finishes and seating.
Airtans People Mover, Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Daegu Monorail, Daegu, South Korea, Sungwon Tramway
  • Outdoor Test Facility High Speed Vehicle Prototype, South Korea
  • Las Vegas Monorail, Douglas Petersen & Associates/Lloyds of London
  • Wolmido Monorail, Incheon, South Korea, Sungwon Tramway/Hyosung
  • Lagos Monorail Network, Nigeria, Metrorail Ltd
  • Chaotianmen People Mover, Chongqing, China, Aerobus International
  • Rio Casino Monorail, Las Vegas, Creative Technology/Intermountain Lift
  • California Exposition Trolley, Sacramento, CalExpo
  • Newark Airport AirTrain, New Jersey, Von Roll Transport Systems
  • Las Colinas People Mover, Los Colinas, Texas, Universal Mobility
  • New Orleans World Exposition Monorail, Louisiana, Universal Mobility
  • Downtown People Mover, Las Vegas, Magnetic Transit of America
  • Dade County Zoological Park & Gardens Monorail
  • Aerobus People Mover Test Track
  • Airtrans People Mover, Las Vegas, Nevada
  • Insul-8 People Mover Test Track
  • PANYNJ NY Airport Access System JFK-LaGuardia
  • Covington/Cincinnati People Mover
  • Milwaukee Medical Center People Mover
  • Houston Texas Medical Center People Mover
  • Auraria Higher Education Center People Mover, Denver
  • Grand Canyon South Rim Transit System, Arizona
  • Copper Mountain Ski Resort People Mover, Colorado
  • Mammoth Ski Area People Mover Upgrade, California
  • Big Bear People Mover, San Bernadino
  • Disney California Adventure People Mover, Anaheim, California
  • Hershey Park Monorail Rehabilitation, Hershey, Pennsylvania
  • Puerto Rico People Mover
  • Houston Woodlands Industrial Park Monorail Freight System, Houston, Texas
  • North Carolina Transpark Port
  • Port of Los Angeles
  • London Thames River People Mover, London, England
  • Pusan to Kimhae People Mover, South Korea
  • Pusan to Jae Jong Dae People Mover, South Korea
  • Sokcho Resort People Mover, South Korea
  • Chongqing Main Line Transit System, China
  • Chongqing Airport People Mover, China
  • Wuling YuanJang Jie Je Resort People Mover, China
  • Dalian Main Line Transit System, China
  • Dalian Bay Crossing People Mover, China
  • Macau People Mover, Hong Kong
  • Wuxi Transit System, Wuxi/Shanghai, China
  • Golden Horn Transit System, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Bosphorus Transit System, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Swinoujscie Poland Shuttle Transit System
  • Royal Palace India People Mover, India
  • Budapest People Mover, Hungary
  • Mauritius Transit System (Near Madagascar)
  • St. Ceurge Transit System, Switzerland
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