The project aims to enhance customer service and improve\naccessibility, ease traffic congestion on Sky Harbor Boulevard, and make travel\neasier and more efficient between terminals. The project will serve as a\ncatalyst for longterm airport growth and adjacent private development. It also\nhelps support the airport\u2019s sustainability goals as it will help reduce the\ndaily vehicle count by an estimated 20,000 vehicles per day. The project is\nfunded from rental car facility charges and airline passenger facility charges;\nno taxpayer dollars are being used to fund this state-ofthe-art, sustainable\nproject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe City of Phoenix Aviation Department worked in close\ncollaboration with several project partners to deliver this award-winning\nsustainable project, including Gannett Fleming, Inc. (Engineer of Record);\nSmith Group (Architect); Hensel Phelps (Contractor); Kimley-Horn (Engineering\nSubconsultant); J2 (Landscape Architect) and Golden engineering and environmental\ndesign Engineering (Lead Envision Consultant). The Construction\nManagement-At-Risk (CMAR) project delivery model was used to fast-track\ndelivery, allowing for overlapping design and construction phases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cISI is pleased to present the Envision Gold Award to the\nCity of Phoenix Aviation Department and their project partners for Phase 2 of\nthe PHX Sky Train project,\u201d said Melissa Peneycad, ISI\u2019s managing director and\ndirector of sustainable projects. \u201cThe PHX Sky Train eliminates the need for\nshuttle busses and cars between airport terminals and passenger facilities,\nreduces road congestion, and encourages the use of more sustainable\ntransportation options, making this automated people mover project an excellent\nexample of sustainability. Hopefully, this project will encourage other major\nairports to consider ways to reduce their own environmental footprint.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Sky Train program, from its early planning stages, has\nalways strived to improve airport access and passenger experience with a\ntransit system that is operationally highly efficient and sustainable. The\nsuccess of the system in terms of ridership, reduced congestion, and highly\nfavorable reviews from passengers and airport employees speaks to the system\u2019s\nfunction and efficiency,\u201d said Mark Pilwallis, PE, SE, SCBI, a Gannett Fleming\nvice president and project manager. \u201cThe Envision Gold Award is truly exciting\nfor our team \u2013 it confirms that our approach to the design and delivery of the project\nmeets a high standard for sustainability. It also clearly shows that the City\nof Phoenix\u2019s basic criteria and approach to developing sustainable\ninfrastructure is among the best in the country and can be used as a model for\nothers to follow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Envision sustainable infrastructure framework assesses\nproject sustainability across five categories: Quality of Life, Leadership,\nResource Allocation, Natural World, and Climate and Resilience. These key areas\ncontribute to positive social, economic, and environmental impacts on a\ncommunity during the planning, design, and construction of infrastructure\nprojects. Some of the factors contributing to Stage 2 of PHX Sky Train earning\nan Envision Gold award include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Increasing service reliability.<\/strong> The grade separated,\ncompletely automated, fully monitored people mover system is both safer and\nsignificantly more reliable for the traveling public than the series of shuttle\nbusses intermixed with passenger vehicles, taxi limos, busses, and other\nroadway vehicles it aims to replace. Reliability reports from the existing PHX\nSky Train\u00ae shows how Stage 2 will help eliminate long shuttle lines, making for\na greatly improved experience for the traveling public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Encouraging travelers to use more sustainable modes of\ntransportation.<\/strong> The PHX Sky Train system is equipped with attractive,\neye-catching and informational signage and route information, making the system\nintuitive, convenient and easy for the traveling public to use. Usage reports\nfrom the current PHX Sky Train, coupled with models for Stage 2, show this\nproject will reduce the daily vehicle count by 20,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Improved energy efficiency.<\/strong> A number of energy\nreduction measures were incorporated into this project, resulting in\noperational energy reductions of 59%. Independent commissioning agents have\nbeen contracted for the project to ensure proper and efficient functioning of\nall energy systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Improved infrastructure integration.<\/strong> Throughout\nproject planning and development, the project team worked closely with the City\nof Phoenix Aviation Department to integrate the extension of the PHX Sky Train\nwith future plans within the airport\u2019s footprint as well as integrate the\nproject with community infrastructure. The PHX Sky Train links the airport\u2019s\nterminals, major buildings and other facilities, including the car rental\ncenter. Before the Sky Train, airport employees and the traveling public had no\nchoice but to rely on cars and a more complicated network of busses. Stage 2 of\nthe PHX Sky Train will provide additional necessary links to airport\nfacilities, as well as the Valley Metro Light Rail System.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) announced today that Stage 2 of Phoenix\u2019s Sky Harbor International Airport Sky Train (PHX Sky Train\u00ae) is the recent recipient of an Envision Gold Award for sustainability. This is the airport\u2019s first Envision award and the third Envision-awarded project in the State of Arizona. Stage 2 of the PHX […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15406,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arizona"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sky-Harbor-International-Airport-Sky-Train-Stage-2-Earns-Envision-Goldedit.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15405"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15409,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15405\/revisions\/15409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}