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.
AirTrain JFK is an 8.1-mile-long (13 km) elevated people mover system and airport rail link serving John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. The driverless system operates 24/7 and consists of three lines and ten stations. It connects the airport's six terminals with the New York City Subway in Howard Beach, Queens, and with the Long Island Rail Road and subway in Jamaica, Queens. Bombardier Transportation operates AirTrain JFK under contract to the airport's owner, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
An elevated railway is a rapid transit railway with the tracks above street level on a viaduct or other elevated structure. The railway may be broad gauge, standard gauge, narrow gauge, light rail, monorail, or a suspension railway. Elevated railways are usually used in urban areas where there would otherwise be a large number of level crossings. Most of the time, the tracks of elevated railways that run on steel viaducts can be seen from street level.
An airport rail link is a service providing passenger rail transport from an airport to a nearby city by mainline or commuter trains, rapid transit, people mover, or light rail. Direct links operate straight to the airport terminal, while other systems require an intermediate use of people mover or shuttle bus.
Rail transportation in the Philippines presently is used mostly to transport passengers within Metro Manila and the nearby province of Laguna. Freight transport is nonexistent, although there are plans for a revival from Port Area, Manila to Laguna, and a cargo train planned between Subic and Clark. Currently, the country has a railway footprint of only 79 kilometres through Line 1, Line 2, Line 3 and the Philippine National Railways (PNR) Metro Commuter Line. This situation will change in the immediate future as the government has plans to expand its current footprint to more than 244 kilometers.
The Lower Manhattan–Jamaica/JFK Transportation Project was a proposed public works project in New York City, New York, that would use the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic Branch and a new tunnel under the East River to connect a new train station near or at the World Trade Center Transportation Hub site with John F. Kennedy International Airport and Jamaica station on the LIRR. It would allow for a one-seat, 36-minute-long ride between JFK Airport and Lower Manhattan, cut commuting times from Long Island by up to 40% and reduce crowding on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, IRT Lexington Avenue Line, IND Eighth Avenue Line, and BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan.
The Department of Transportation is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the maintenance and expansion of viable, efficient, and dependable transportation systems as effective instruments for national recovery and economic progress.
Grand Central Station is an under construction, rapid transit terminal and transport hub that will connect Line 1, Line 3, the southern terminus of the under construction Line 7, and in the future, the Line 9. It is located in Barangay Bagong Pag–asa, Quezon City, Philippines, and is named after its location, which is at the corner of Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (EDSA) and North Avenue.
The public transportation system in Metro Manila, Philippines is inadequate to accommodate the mobility and other basic needs of a densely populated metropolis, the result of many factors and problems that the government has failed to deliver. Metro Manila exists in a state of heavy traffic congestion, with people and goods trapped by the very transportation system that is supposed to move them quickly and efficiently. Because of the insufficient public transportation network, car ownership has risen dramatically, contributing further to the congestion that occurs at all times of day on the road. Filipinos view cars as tools to get them to where they need to go; they also believe that their car is an important symbol of the success they have achieved in life. In recent years, however, the Philippine government has been pushing to improve the system through various infrastructure projects, hoping to solve the interlinked problems of transportation, land use and environment.
The transportation system in Metro Manila is currently inadequate to accommodate the mobility and other basic needs of an densely populated metropolis, the result of many factors and problems that the government has failed to provide or address. Metro Manila exists in a state of near-permanent gridlock, with people and goods trapped by the very transportation system that is supposed to move them quickly and efficiently.
The Manila Metro Rail Transit System (MRT) is one of the two rapid transit systems serving Metro Manila in the Philippines along with the Manila Light Rail Transit System (LRTA). It originally began as a single line that was first opened in 1999 and became fully operational by the year 2000. Since then, most of the newly proposed rapid rail lines within Metro Manila that are not under the jurisdiction of the Light Rail Transit Authority is associated with the "MRT" brand. This includes the Line 9 and the elevated Line 7 which are being built as of March 2019.
The Metro Manila Dream Plan, formally titled the Roadmap for Transport Infrastructure Development for Metro Manila and Its Surrounding Areas, refers to an integrated plan for improving the transport system in Metro Manila, Philippines, with the hope of turning it into a focal point for addressing Metro Manila's interlinked problems in the areas of transportation, land use, and environment.
The Makati Intra-city Subway Line 5 is an 11-kilometer (6.8 mi) proposed underground rapid transit line to be located in Makati, Metro Manila, that will link establishments across the city's business district. It will be built under a public-private partnership program between the Makati City Government and a private consortium, IRC Properties Inc.. Proponents of the subway began construction in December 2018, and Makati Mayor Abigail Binay projects completion by the year 2025. The subway will cost $3.7 billion and is expected to accommodate 700,000 passengers daily. It will also have eleven stations, with connections to the existing Line 3, the Pasig River Ferry Service, and the approved Line 9.
The North–South Commuter Railway or NSCR, also known as the Clark–Calamba Railway, is a 147 kilometer elevated railway under construction. It will run from New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac to Calamba, Laguna, with a total of 36 stations. It will also feature the first direct airport link in the country, serving Clark International Airport.
Lawton East is a planned station on the Metro Manila Subway Line 9. The station would be built underground, serving the southern portion of Bonifacio Global City, particularly the townships of McKinley Hill, McKinley West and the planned Bonifacio Capital District in Taguig City.
Tandang Sora station is a planned station on the Metro Manila Subway Line 9. The station will serve the Tandang Sora area in Quezon City. The station is named after Tandang Sora Avenue, which intersects the station.
Quezon Avenue Station is a planned station on the Metro Manila Subway Line 9 along the intersection of EDSA and Quezon Avenue. It will be an underground station like the rest of the line. The station is named after Quezon Avenue, a major thoroughfare in Quezon City.
Lawton West is a planned station on the Metro Manila Subway Line 9. The station would be built underground. The station itself is planned to be built on Bases Conversion and Development Authority property along the intersection of Chino Roces Avenue and Lawton Avenue in Brgy. Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.
FTI subway station is a planned station on the Metro Manila Subway Line 9. The station would be built underground. The station is one of the southern termini of Line 9's Phase 1 to be built underneath East Service Road in Brgy. Western Bicutan, Taguig City. Portions of the station would also cross Parañaque City, Philippines, as the area is near the border. The station is named after Food Terminal Inc., an economic zone in the area that also hosts a business district development named Arca South.
