SFO Airport People Mover Adtranz, a well established player in the automated people mover industry said it was able to reduce its price on this SFO rebid by using CBTC technology . The contract was signed on the 29th of March. KCRC we understand elected to stay with Alcatel's more proven inductive loop technology to minimize project risk. Headways of 90 seconds are possible. In operation beginning in 1992, it post-dates Alcatel's Seltrac technology by about 10 years, VAL technology by about 6 years and precedes Matra's latest train control technology Meteor by about six years.
Infrared beams detect platform intrusions.
See also Ada in the Paris Metro . If someone can provide clarification or suggest additional technical links describing the technology of Meteor, please advise . In late 1999, Meteor technology was selected by NYC Transit to be its standard for train control. This new driverless monorail system will be controlled by an Alcatel CBTC system. The Alcatel solution will be based on a 2.4 GHz wireless network allowing direct communication between wayside control units and train vehicles.