Comparative Visualization Personal Rapid Transit and Conventional Transit

Personal Rapid Transit Conventional Transit T-Pods wait at station for people

Personal Rapid Transit Conventional Transit Simulation shows one conventional transit vehicle transporting 21 people every ninety seconds. The PRT system transports the same number in the same time in 11 T-Pods. Average occupancy is 2.

Personal Rapid Transit Conventional Transit While T-Pods are boarding 10 other T-Pods go by without stopping. Average T-Pod headway shown is 4.4seconds. Average T-Pod headway through the station is 8.3seconds.

Personal Rapid Transit Conventional Transit If one T-Pod is delayed, others keep moving Station rate shown = 820 passengers/hr.

Personal Rapid Transit Conventional Transit

PRT/Transit Visualization Headway 4 seconds 90 seconds Ave. occupancy 2.0 21 Station volume 840 per hour Guideway volume shown 1,600 per hour For light rail the guideway volume could be higher than the station volume since a train could arrive and leave with passengers on board not using the station. A bus system could have similar characteristics and additional buses could pass a stopped bus.