The Interstate Traveler Company, LLC
Presents:
The Hydrogen Super Highway
To:
Detroit Intermodal Association – Ocean Freight Association
3-27-2008
The opportunity to lead the nation…
Energy Security for the United States and the World via a commercially
developed global network of solar powered, hydrogen producing, self
sustaining maglev rail with embedded municipal conduit for water, sewer,
fiber-optics, superconducting cables, and other vapor or fluid materials, etc.
Special Thanks…
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Roy Bruinsma
The Interstate Traveler Company, presents the…
Hydrogen Super Highway
A system designed to upgrade the entire US Interstate Highway Network
What is the Interstate Traveler?
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Transportation System
Solar Energy Collection Grid
Municipal Conduit
Hydrogen Production & Distribution
Energy Storage & Distribution
Wireless Internet Access
Millions of Tons of Stainless Steel
Many Thousands of Jobs
…and so much more…
The Ten Primary Deliverables
… and there are many more…
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Rapid Transit
Advertising
Hydrogen
Electricity
Energy Storage
Fiberoptics
Fuel pipelines
Liquid waste
Brand New Water
Internet / Telecom
= $ /minute
= $ /sign
= $ /kilogram
= $ /kilowatt
= $ /kilowatt
= $ /bandwidth
= $ /gallon or cubic foot
= $ /barrel
= $ /liter
= $ /minute
Public Private Partnership
(State Level Management)
50% Revenue Sharing
50% Divided into four levels of government based on
Statewide performance of the Ten Deliverables.
From Total Revenue:
12.5 % Paid to the Federal Treasury
12.5 % Paid to the State Treasuries
12.5 % Divided among all the Counties per State
12.5 % Divided among all the Local Governments such
as Cities, Townships, Villages, Ports and Tribal Lands
(Per Capita)
Eisenhower Traveler Revenue
54,000 Miles of ITC Rail Nationally
50% Revenue Sharing
(50%) $242
Billion / year paid to Government
Split four ways:
(12.5%) $60.5
(12.5%) $60.5
(12.5%) $60.5
(12.5%) $60.5
Billion to the Federal Treasury
Billion divided among the States
Billion divided among the Counties
Billion divided among the local governments.
*Per Capita*
Eisenhower Interstate Traveler
Eisenhower Interstate system 54,000 + miles
Basic ‘Round Number’ System Estimates:
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162,000 -Transports
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22,000 -Traveler Stations
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18,000 -Utility Substations
 45,900,000,000 -watt/hour capacity (45.9 Billion Watts)
 156,656,700,000 -BTU/hour (3.413 BTU/ watt-hour)
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1,620,000 -gallons of water per hour
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9,720,000 -passenger capacity
$540,000,000,000 -cost to build at $10 Million / mile
$242,000,000,000 -Annual Public Revenue
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750,000,000 -Tons of Stainless Steel
The Hydrogen Superhighway
Key Metrics
Cost Range: $10-$20 Million / Mile (parallel track)
4800 tons of steel / mile (rail only)
85,000 square feet of PV / mile
~ 1 Megawatt / mile / solar-hour (12% Efficient PV)
~ 238 cubic meters of hydrogen / mile / hour
~ 30 gallons of water / mile / hour (purification)
Self sustaining 3-100 Transports Per Mile 24/7/365 (variable mass)
Standard Installation includes:
3 Transports / 1 mile
2 Traveler Stations / 5 miles
1 ITC Utility Substation / 3 Miles
Hydrogen Super Highway Infrastructure
for Homeland Security
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National Security
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Evacuation of Cities & Coastlines
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Internet Backbone Backup
Real-time Sensor Network
Public, Private, Commercial and Military Networks
Fast network reconfiguration
On demand Transport Deployment
Humanitarian & Military Systems
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Hydrogen / Electricity Production
Communications
Logistical delivery
Tsunami Relief / War Reconstruction
The Hydrogen Super Highway
ITC Rail & Conduit Cluster
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ITC Rail - Solar Skin
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3 Primary Travelers
Wonderful Variety
Public and Privately Owned Transports
Triage Traveler
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Grand Traveler
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Active Floor Restraint
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Rapid Installation
ITC International Traveler
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Suburban Boulevard Integration
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Scalable Systems ½ Scale = 6 Foot Gage
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Interstate Highway Integration – Model
The Hydrogen Mega Highway
Interstate Highway Integration
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Interstate Highway Integration
At-Grade Suburban Traveler
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We Create Pure Water
From virtually any water source…..
ITC Energy Cycle
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Hydrogen Power Conversion
ITC Utility Substation
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Dynamic Suspension System
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Scalable Geometry
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Computer Simulations
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Conduit Connector
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Conduit Connector
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Suspension System
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G-Force Compensator
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ITC Dynamic Suspension
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Finite Element Analysis
Coil Arrangement
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ITC Magnetic Field / Coil Arrangement
ITC Slotted Linear Motor
Cross Section
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ITC Linear Motor Tech
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ITC Linear Motor Tech
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ITC Linear Motor Tech
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ITC Linear Motor Tech
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ITC Linear Motor Tech
Respectfully Submitted
Respectfully Submitted by:
The Interstate Traveler Company, LLC
300 River Place S-5550
Detroit, MI 48207
313-393-2400
www.InterstateTraveler.us
www.HydrogenSuperHighway.com
www.HyRail.us