A passenger would enter the station and purchase a ticket to the destination station of their choice. An over-head electronic sign would tell them if their destination is “ready” for immediate departure, and if so, they would enter the disembarkation Ready line and queue for the loading zone.

 

The passenger would then insert their ticket into the ticket reader at the platform loading zone gate. The central computer system confirms the route based on system congestion and traffic load at the destination ramp and allows the passenger to enter the loading zone.

 

If the over-head sign had shown the selected destination as “wait”, the passenger would enter the wait line until the sign indicates the destination is “ready”. The passenger then proceeds to the loading zone gate and inserts his ticket for access.

 

Entry to the pod would be from a moving walkway into a full-sized gull-winged door. Once in the pod, the passenger again inserts the ticket in the pod reader which verifies the route acceptance and moves the pod to the portal. If rejected the pod automatically moves to the assistance platform.

 

The system software monitors the inventory of pods at each station and if pods are not available from the arrival platform, additional pods are called from the storage corral below the platform or from other stations.