Congestion
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Pollution
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Solution
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21st Century Problem:
Which leads to:
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UK………………………………………. $4+ billion dollars USA……………………………….….. $63+ billion dollars Germany………………..................$5 billion dollars India…………………………..………..$10 billion dollars 08/07/2014
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21st Century Solution:
High-Speed, Green, Low-Cost, Elevated PRT
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Solution
• Elevated: Above traffic
• Fast: 240 KPH
• Safe: ID required
• Green: Low energy consumption; Low emissions; Silent
• Efficient: No stops in traffic or at others’ stations.
• Economical: Low cost, factory built, and assembled on-site
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System Comparison
Mass Transit
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skyTran
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Mass Transit:
Bottleneck by Design
skyTran:
Redundant by Design
Similar to a Brain’s Neural Network
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skyTran
You’re on board.
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Mass Transit
Crowded Waits and Fixed Schedules
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Personal skyTran Transit
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skyTran
Transit
Always There and On Demand
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skyTran Fast
• No Extra Stops
• Available Anytime
• Stations are off the Main Line
Cars Enter
Boarding Area
Cars Exit Stream
Cars Enter Stream
Main Stream Always Flows
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skyTran Sky Safe
• Redundant vehicle, guideway and network safety systems • Vehicle collision avoidance radar linked to emergency braking • Vehicle air bags & seat belts • Bogie-­‐mounted bumpers & crumple zones • Guideway sensors detect and alert vehicles to abnormal condi@ons skyTran: Green
Good for the Environment
• Powered by Renewable Energy
• Efficient: solar-powered, kinetic energypowered
• The power used by 2 hair dryers can move a
skyTran vehicle at 100km/hr
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Energy Consumption
Vehicle Type
Watt Hours per Mile per
passenger
25 mpg gasoline car
1500*
750*
673*
>300**
50 mpg hybrid
40’ bus (25 pass.)
70-100 mpg Plug-in hybrid
Fully Electric
London Underground
SkyTran Maglev PRT
*
150-250**
170
50
Not including energy consumed during refining
CO2 comparison per passenger kilometer
Data from Chester & Horvath (2 different papers) (Environmental Research Letters, a publication of Britain's Institute of Physics. 4 (2009) and 5 (2010))
Electric Vehicles Greener than Liquid Fuel Vehicles
SkyTran PRT Greener than EVs
Sustainability Challenges Solved by SkyTran
GHG
Land Use
Cost
Congestion
BRT
Biofuels
PHEV
EV
SkyTran
dilemma
dilemma
Cost Comparison
SkyTran is factory made–like Lego–and costs less to make,
maintain, and operate than other transportation systems.
Mode
Cost per KM
Bullet Train
€500 Million
Light Rail
€ 80 Million
Freeway
€ 30 Million
SkyTran
€
7 Million
Sidewalk
€
2 Million
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skyTran Capital Cost: To Customer
€7M/km
• Installed Guideway
• Station
• Vehicle
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Small
€250K
Medium
€550K
Large
€1.7M
Modest Vehicle
€20K
High-End Vehicle
€30K
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Sample Complete 50km System
• skyTran Sale Price
≈€ 400,000,000
• skyTran Profit
≈€ 250,000,000
• Light Rail Sale Price
≈ €5,000,000,000
• skyTran Savings over Light Rail
≈ €4,500,000,000
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