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A people mover or people mover system is a fully-automated, grade-separated rail transit system. The term is generally used only to describe elevated single-rack loops serving small areas such as airports or theme parks, but is sometimes applied to considerably more complex automated systems.

Types

Simple back-and-forth shuttles are referred to as hectos, short for hectometric, meaning designed for a few hundred meters.

Multi-station systems intended for mass transit in a city are more formally known as automated guideway transit (AGT) systems. This term is generally limited to rubber-tired vehicles led by a guiding track; fully automated rapid transit lines, such as the Singapore MRT's North East MRT Line, are usually not considered AGTs.

It has recently been suggested that could be used for driverless transit services and potentially for 'dual-mode' automobiles [1]. Moving Service Boston. A Rapid Urban Flexible (RUF) test track was opened at Ballerup, near Copenhagen in 2000. The track is very short (25 meters) and has one test vehicle. Tests have shown that practical personal vehicles can be developed with dual mode qualities [2] [3].

Complex APMs deploy fleets of small vehicles over a network of guideways with off-line stations in a dynamic configuration that supplies non-stop service to passengers. These taxi-like systems are referred to as personal rapid transit (PRT).