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APOD Abstract for presentation (Poster or Podium)

Safety, Security, and Standards

1665219 - APM Standards Committee and Next ASCE 21 Revision

Tuesday, June 18, 2024
10:25 AM - 10:50 AM ET
Room: 221
Abstract: The Automated People Mover (APM) Standards Committee is composed of APM industry experts, operators, APM suppliers and governmental agency personnel. Since the early 1990s, the APM Standards Committee has worked to establish and maintain an industry APM standard that has been used by many APM systems in the U.S. and around the world.  In 1996 the first APM Standard, ASCE 21-96, was published that included the minimum train control requirements. Today the latest revision of the APM Standard, ASCE 21-21, has evolved to not only include vehicle, station platform doors, and guideway technical requirements, but also APM operations and maintenance requirements. This presentation will provide an introduction of the APM Standards Committee, its history and a brief preview of a few “in-progress” updates to the next ASCE 21 APM Standard revision. Such “in-progress” updates to the next revision of the ASCE 21 APM Standard include station platform doors requirement updates, independent safety assessment (ISA) recommended practices updates and others. In addition, this presentation will highlight the changes between the current ASCE 21-21 and the previous ASCE 21-13 APM Standard. Finally, this presentation will conclude by providing a schedule outline of the next ASCE 21 Standard revision.

Learning Objectives:

Attendees can expect to learn the following from this session:
  • List the new ASCE 21-21 revisions (when compared to ASCE 21-13).
  • List and understand the new changes to the APM standard under review by the APM Committee.
  • Understand that there is a new APM standard revision under development.
  • Understand the history of the ASCE 21 APM Standard.
  • Understand who the APM Committee is and what they do.