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Tomorrowland Transit Authority PeopleMover

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==History==
=== Original Concept===
When Walt Disney and his Imagineers originally created the concept for the PeopleMover, they saw it as the transportation of the future. The concept called for a series of trains that guests would sit on, which would follow a guided track. When eventually put into practice, Disneyland’s PeopleMover also used Goodyear tires, with their own motors to propel the trains along the tracks. Walt thought that one day, PeopleMover would be the easiest and cleanest method of urban transportation <ref>http://www.themeparkinsider.com/reviews/walt_disney_world's_magic_kingdom/tomorrowland_transit_authority_peoplemover </ref>. If fact, traveling by PeopleMover was going to be one of the main modes of transportation in his [[Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow]] <ref> https://sites.google.com/site/theoriginalepcot/the-florida-project </ref>.
Although the technology never became as widespread as Walt might have hoped, in 1967 the PeopleMover opened as an attraction in Disneyland. The attraction consisted of 62 trains which took guests on an elevated tour around Tomorrowland. Since the trains never stopped, guests stepped on a moving platform to align themselves with, and board the trains. Although the track was not covered, each of the individual cars were. Each of cars also had their own speakers, from which they could hear the rides narration. The attraction was often billed as the "Future of transportation, here today!" <ref> http://www.yesterland.com/peoplemover.html </ref>.