A New Paradigm for Flexible and Compatible On-demand Transport Solution

초록

The Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system has recently attracted much attention as an efficient, sustainable, and green transport solution for accommodation of the transportation requests in person. PRT is generally defined as a small-capacity (e.g., 4~6 passengers) vehicle with fully automated driving capabilities for passengers’ transport on a network of roads with on-demand and point-to-point transport capability. The objectives of this research are to identify the possible implementation scenario to satisfy a variety of purposes and to assess the system functionality and impacts on an application/system level using a testbed vehicle (i.e., modified golf-cart). The operational test using the experimental vehicle was performed on the pilot road network designed for evaluation purpose of each sub-function of the system. This small-scale demonstration enables evaluation of system functionality as well as identification of unexpected user requirements caused by its operation. In this study, target specifications and system architecture of Korean PRT system at a production level are also reviewed. Eventually, the evaluation results will be reflected on a prototype production for further improvement.