People mover

A People mover is a fully-automated light rail system that operates on a usually elevated single track loop. Examples:

• Detroit, Michigan
• Miami, Florida
• Jacksonville, Florida -- in the form of a monorail
• Morgantown, West Virginia -- really a personal rapid transit system
• Vancouver, British Columbia Skytrain
• Toronto, Ontario Scarborough RT
• Bangkok, Thailand -- Skytrain

Many operate at airports, including:

• Atlanta, Georgia
• Chicago, Illinois (O'Hare)
• Cincinnati, Ohio
• Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas
• Detroit, Michigan
• Las Vegas, Nevada
• Miami, Florida
• Minneapolis / St. Paul, Minnesota
• New York, New York (JFK)
• Newark, New Jersey
• San Francisco, California
• Seattle, Washington
• Orlando, Florida
• Denver, Colorado
• Houston, Texas
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Tampa, Florida

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People mover is also:

• The name for Anchorage, Alaska's bus system
• The name for Niagara[?] Parks bus system

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External links

• Detroit's people mover (http://www.thepeoplemover.com/)
• Jon Bell's (Mostly) Rail Transit Pages (http://web.presby.edu/~jtbell/transit/)