Gondolas, personal self-driving pods and soaring bridges were among more than a dozen ideas that emerged after Denver International Airport asked for the private sector’s input on how to back…
at some point in the 2030s, requiring new ways to get between the concourses.
Some firms spitball through a range of ideas, while others fix on just one or two as the most promising. Together, they explore the limits of three realms: subterranean, ground level and, when it comes to bridges and gondolas, in the sky. DIA and Alstom Transportation, the operator of the Automated Guideway Transportation System, or AGTS for short, frequently point out that its uptime rate is 99.8%. That makes it highly reliable — but with sometimes-catastrophic results on the rare occasions since DIA’s 1995 opening that the system has failed, whether foror a full day. Thousands of passengers were stranded each time, raising calls for a fix.
The need for new people-moving systems — even cheaper ones — faces plenty of skepticism both inside and outside DIA. When the review of the concept proposals came up during a wider airport presentation this fall to a Denver City Council committee, Councilman Kevin Flynn cast doubt on the wisdom of spending big money to solve such a rare breakdown problem with the AGTS.
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