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The Clarian Health People Mover or Clarian People Mover is 1.4 miles (2.3 km) long people mover in the city of Indianapolis, Indiana, in the United States. The system opened on June 28, 2002 to connect the Methodist Hospital of Indianapolis, Indiana University Hospital and the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children, jointly operated as a single hospital by Clarian Health.

The dual-track system is open to the public and operates around the clock, taking 5 minutes in each direction.

Clarian People Mover

Legend

Methodist Station1

Interstate I-65

Canal Station

Dr Martin Luther King Jr St

IU/Riley Station

Note 1: Plus control room and maintenance facility

Contents

• 1 Background
  • 1.1 System
  • 1.2 Operation
• 2 References

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Background

In 1997, the three hospital campuses were combined under Indiana law creating a shared-staff of over 10,000 employees who could be required to travel between the campuses. Commuting between the three sites was complicated and required the crossing of the Interstate 65 highway by shuttle buses.

In May 2000, a Health Care Transportation System Franchise Agreement was signed, followed by the People Mover – State of Indiana Airspace Agreement and Lease in November 2000 to allow crossing the Interstate 65 highway for a period of 25 years.

System

The system was constructed by Schwager Davis Inc. (SDI) from San Jose, California to their Unitrak standard.

There are two separate parallel elevated guideways side-by-side, both of which operate in both directions. The concrete rails have a gap between them, designed to combat winter snow and is therefore not technically a monorail.

Each of the two tracks carries a train with three carriages and a total of 81 passengers. Each train weighs 45,000 pounds (20 t) and carries twenty-four passenger seats across the three cars. The rest of the passenger capacity is made up of standing places.

Operation

During the night-time, one track is closed between 22:00–05:30 for maintenance, with the second train/track operated in on-demand mode by elevator-style call buttons.

References

1. ^ “People Mover opening date set”. the Clarian (2002-06-10). Retrieved on 2008-10-14. ”Saturday, June 28 The People Mover begins its normal 24/7 schedule, running between Clarian’s downtown campuses.”
2. ^ a b c d “Clarian Health People Mover: from concept to completition in two years”. Schwager Davis (2003-12-01). Retrieved on 2008-10-14. ”The Clarian People Mover is an innovative dual track urban transit system operating two, three-car trains on an elevated guideway over public land. It can accommodate 81 passengers per train trip and quietly covers its 1.4 mile route in approximately 5 minutes “
3. ^ a b c Jakes, Andrew S. (2001-06-04). “Franchise Agreement with the City of Indianapolis: A new approach to people mover implementation in American cities” (PDF). Jakes Associates. ”The Health Care Transportation Franchise Agreement between the Consolidated City of Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana and Clarian Health Partners, Inc. is the first ever conceived. monorail with three elevated, enclosed stations and walkways was executed with Schwager Davis, Inc. (SDI), based in San Jose, California. SDI conceived the technology known as Unitrak. Its successful operation has been demonstrated in Primm City, Nevada”
4. ^ a b “teMPO Special Edition” (PDF) p.1, pp.18–22. Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) (2002-10). Retrieved on 2008-10-15. ”The northern most terminal, located at Methodist Hospital, will also house the system’s safety and security monitoring station and maintenance shop. features a “translogic tubing” system along its route that will eventually facilitate pneumatic transfer of documents and samples.”
5. ^ “Clarian People Mover Route”. Retrieved on 2008-10-15. ”The People Mover runs south from Methodist Hospital along Senate Avenue, west on 11th Street to University Boulevard, west on Walnut Street to Indiana University Hospital and west to Riley Hospital for Children.”
6. ^ “Overnight Lodging Guide at Clarian Health 2006–07″. James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children (2006-10). Retrieved on 2008-10-14. ”Clarian People Mover; Free and open to the public, the People Mover is wheelchair accessible. It operates from 5:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week. After 10 p.m. one train will dock for maintenance and the other train will be “on-call.”"

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