John A. Lobo, P.E., S.E., is a senior bridge engineer at HDR, Denver, CO. He was lead designer for the precast portion of the elevated guideway and a member of the Sky Train fixed facilities design team for 10 years. He can be reached at John.Lobo@hdrinc.com.
This is the second in a series of articles about the components of the new PHX Sky Train™ in Phoenix, Arizona. Part 1 of the series was published in the July 2013 issue of STRUCTURE magazine, and Part 3 will appear in an upcoming issue. …
On April 8, 2013, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport opened the first stage of the PHX Sky Train™, a 5-mile long automated transit system exclusively serving the Airport. Expected to carry 2.5 million passengers a year, the system provides a dedicated, streamlined, safe, convenient, and more sustainable transportation link between airport terminals, parking lots, rental car center and regional light-rail transit facilities, and reduces congestion around the airport terminals. This is no small feat given that Sky Harbor is one of the ten busiest airports in the country. …