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The ACT, acronym for Automatically Controlled Transportation or Activity Center Transit, was a people mover system developed during the 1970s. One feature of the ACT is that it allowed bi-directional travel on a single rail—cars passed each other by switching onto short bypass lanes on the track, distributed where space allowed.
The Bradley People Mover system was built in the 1970s to connect Bradley Airport's remote parking field with its main terminal building, located approximately .75 miles (1.21 km) away. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The $4.4-million (1974 USD ) project was marred in controversy throughout its entire existence, with its purpose and need being heavily ...
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.
The attraction used an updated WEDway system based on the WEDway used for the Ford Magic Skyway at the 1964–65 New York World's Fair. [4] When Disney asked Ford Motor Company to continue sponsorship by sponsoring Disneyland's new PeopleMover, they declined, because Ford was reluctant to support technology that appeared to replace the ...
Apr. 19—The People Mover bus system in Anchorage is looking for a permanent location for its transit center in downtown. Part of the idea is helping make downtown a more walkable, business ...
[3] [2] The people mover, hotel, and mall were supposed to be part of a larger office, retail, and residential complex built by Ford's land development subsidiary. [citation needed] The people mover was a Ford Motor Company prototype for an Automatically Controlled Transportation System [citation needed] and was closed in 1988, and ultimately ...
DETROIT (Reuters) -U.S. automakers Ford Motor and General Motors will donate $1 million each, along with vehicles, to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's January inauguration, company ...
The subway system of the United States Capitol Complex in Washington, D.C., consists of three underground electric people mover systems that connect the United States Capitol to several congressional office buildings – all of the Senate buildings and one of the House buildings.