Abstract: An elevator car having a cab which includes front, side, and rear walls assembled to define an enclosure on a platform. The front wall defines an entranceway having first and second door jambs. The front wall further defines at least one inner surface. A main car call panel is mounted on the at least one inner surface of the front wall, and a second or auxiliary car call panel is mounted on a selected one of the door jambs. The car call panel inside the car may be arranged for use by the average passenger, while the door jamb mounted car call panel is arranged for use by the handicapped.

Abstract: A transportation system including a group of elevator cars under the control of a group supervisory dispatcher function, and people mover apparatus arranged to serve the group of elevator cars. The group supervisory dispatcher function includes call assigning control which has different selectable strategies for serving different types of elevator service requirements, including at least one travel direction oriented strategy for expediting elevator service in a predetermined travel direction. The people mover apparatus provides signals responsive to loading and travel direction for use by the dispatcher function, enabling proper strategies to be selected without waiting for actual elevator traffic to trigger such selections.

Abstract: An elevator system including at least one elevator car mounted in a building to serve the floors therein. The elevator car includes a door having one or more panels, and a door operator which selectively operates the door at the end of a run from the closed to a fully open position, or from the closed to a predetermined partially open position. Door control, in response to at least one predetermined parameter of the elevator system, controls the selection by the door operator. In a preferred embodiment, an audible message informs the passengers of the decision, at least when the doors will only be partially opened.

Abstract: A braking system for transportation apparatus, such as an escalator, having an electrical drive. The braking effort applied when the transportation apparatus is to be stopped is inversely proportional to the electrical energy being consumed by the electrical drive at the time the stopping decision is made.