A people mover or automated people mover (APM) is a type of small scale automated guideway transit system. The term is generally used only to describe systems serving relatively small areas such as airports, downtown districts or theme parks.
A BART Cable Liner people mover at Oakland Airport
Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit
Interior of SEA Underground in Seattle–Tacoma International Airport. Opened in 1969, it was one of the first operational automated people mover systems in the world.
PHX Sky Train in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, opened in 2013
Automated guideway transit
An automated guideway transit (AGT) or automated fixed-guideway transit or automatic guideway transit system is a type of fixed guideway transit infrastructure with a riding or suspension track that supports and physically guides one or more driverless vehicles along its length. The vehicles are often rubber tired or steel wheeled, but other traction systems including air cushion, suspended monorail and maglev have been implemented. The guideway provides both physical support, like a road, as well as the guidance. An automated line can be cheaper to run than a conventional line, due to the shorter trains and stations.
Port Island Line AGT, Kobe, Japan (the world's first mass transit AGT)
VAL-208 type train in the Lille Metro
A Mark II train in Vancouver, Canada. The SkyTrain is the longest driverless transit system in the Americas.
The Tampa International Airport People Movers