Hermes - PRT
Simulation for the city of Patras
This is the simulated network
It has 74 stations. The north extension of the network serves the Patras' university campus which is a few km out of the city limits.
According to the simulation this network can serve 13.000 trips in 30 minutes (26.000 trips/hour) . To achieve this 2.592 vehicles were used. The average trip length was 5 km.
In the maps below you can see how far one can go using the network, starting at a specific point. (calculations include walking and queuing at stations)
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Starting at a station at the center of the network: Almost the entire city is accessible in 10 minutes. |
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Starting at a point in the center, 3-4 minutes away from a station: Almost 50% of the city is accessible within 10 minutes. The rest is accessible in 20 minutes. |
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Starting at a station at the south end of the network: Almost 50% of the city is accessible within 10 minutes. The rest is accessible in 20 minutes. |
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Average trip time (90000 trips random origin/destination): Blue=time on guideway Yellow= queueing / delays / station operations Green = walking time |
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Note: On the above bar graph as distance is meant the straight origin-to-destination line , not the distance actually travelled E.g. in the left picture the blue distance , not the red one. |
Under overloading conditions the network can service up to 34.000 trips / hour. In this case however waiting times at stations are larger and the final commuting speed is lower.
