Personal rapid transport (or transit) = ”automatbane(?)”

2 Førerløs offentlig transport (Personal rapid Transit = PRT) Ikke lenger mange mennesker i få bokser men få mennesker i mange bokser => Tett nettverk av linjer, kort vei å gå Ingen eller lite venting Ingen stopp mellom avgangssted og reisemål Privatliv PRT kan se slik ut:

SkyTran Unimodal Systems Irvine, CA

What is Personal Rapid Transit? Small Automated Personal Vehicles Elevated Guideways On-Demand Access at Off-Line Stations Non-Stop, Point-to-Point Service

Riders Have to Change Modes, Wait For Departures and Stop At EVERY Stop on the Route Fixes Fundamental Problem of Rail & Buses Home Work

PRT Architecture Network of Non-Stop Guideways Accessed by On-Ramps & Off-Ramps Same Design as Interstate Highways

Like Interstate Highways you ride non-stop in a personal vehicle traveling on a guideway “lane”anywhere in the network. PRT Architecture

United States First Generation PRT Operated by West Virginia University for over 30 years and to this day is primary mode of service for students, faculty and staff. 8.7 mile system Over 63 million passengers since Handles 15,000 people per day with a peak of 30,000. Unblemished safety record. No serious accidents. Availability rate above 98.5%. Morgantown, West Virginia

Second Generation PRT Low Speed Up to 30 mph Small Scale Local Circulators Only High Maintenance Uses wheels Over 1000 lbs. Uses larger vehicles

Second Generation PRT Close-Up Heathrow Airport, U.K. Deployment Operational in 2008 ULTRA System

Next Generation PRT High Speed Up to 150 mph Scalable Networks Local, Regional, National Service Low Maintenance Uses maglev instead of wheels Under 1000 lbs. Uses aerodynamic vehicles Energy Efficient Up to 500 mpg Zero Carbon Solar Powered

SkyTran Off-Line Portal EXIT OFF-RAMP SWITCH BOARD ON-RAMP SWITCH NON-STOP GUIDEWAY Solar Arrays (Top of Guideway)

Size Matters Why Does SkyTran Carry Only Two People? Average Number of Auto Passengers = 1.2 SkyTran Is Designed For Rule Not the Exception Larger Vehicles Used For Infrequent Larger Capacities Increase Overall System Size, Weight & Cost Luxury of Unused Capacity Comes At A Huge Cost Metro lines Heavy concrete work, costly, difficult to install, and visually obtrusive SkyTran Lightweight, low cost, quick to install, and visually unobtrusive Lightweight, low cost, quick to install, and visually unobtrusive

Size Matters Transrapid SkyTran PRT > $150 Million Per Mile $15 Million Per Mile

Size Matters Passive MagLev Provides A Compact Suspension for Linear Synchronous Motors (LSM) Propulsion. Small MagLev & LSM Combo Provides Extreme Energy Efficiency Up to 500 MPG Equivalent Only one moving part…Virtually No Maintenance

Solar Powered SkyTran SkyTran is the only surface transportation technology that can be powered 100% by solar photovoltaics

Using The System Easy Access Getting In and Out of the Vehicle

Small Personalized Vehicles Lightweight Guideways Inexpensive Portals Standard Utility Pole Supports Low Cost, Mass Produced Modular Components Apply Henry Ford’s 100 Year Old Principles of Mass Production

Nonstop Guideway Boarding portal Minimum visual impact compared to an equivalent capacity three lane highway or a lower capacity light rail No expensive, destructive right-of-way acquisitions required, just easements on existing sidewalks Parked vehicles waiting for you SkyTran Disappears into the Cityscape

SkyTran Scale Comparison of Visual Pollution SkyTran

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”Kostnadsanslag” “For early phase systems the cost is $US 6 million per unidirectional Km and $US 9 million for a bi-directional Km. In later phase systems, when the manufacturing processes are mature and the economy of scales are maximized probably in the realm of $US 3.5 million per unidirectional Km and $US 5 million for a bi-directional Km. These figures exclude survey, regulatory approvals, utility relocation, specific site related expenses, etc. They include vehicles and portals. Early phase vehicles probably will cost us about $15-20,000 each. We hope we can cut this down to $5,000 in mass production.”