Final Review Time!

After studying what our web site has been trying to teach,
     you should be ready to ask yourself if it would it be OK if:

  1. The vehicle you commuted back and forth to work in obtained 200 mpg energy efficiency?

  2. Your commuting vehicle only held two people?

  3. It traveled non-stop in complete safety at 100 mph while getting that 200 mpg energy efficiency?

  4. It (on a single bi-directional guideway) had the hourly passenger capacity of a 6 lane freeway?

  5. This system used existing utility right-of-ways?

  6. It could be constructed without holding up existing traffic?

  7. It had many, many stops so it could drop you off close to or even inside your office building?

  8. A user only had to walk an average of an eighth of a mile to get to a station?

  9. Private enterprise would build it without your tax money?

10. The system could make a profit for its private owners while only charging a dollar a ride or less?

11. A vehicle was always available for you (like a long line of taxi cabs waiting)?

12. A storefront owner could have an in-store station for as low as $5,000?

13. It went directly to your destination & NEVER wasted time stopping at any intermediate stations?

14. Two way tracks cost only a million dollars a mile to erect?

15. This per mile costs included everything (all poles, guideway, vehicles, stations & electrification)?

16. Each one mile of two way guideway could be erected in 7 days or less?

17. In an emergency the vehicle could stop faster than a Navy carrier plane catching a wire?

18. By inherent system guideway geometry it were impossible to have a crossing collision?

19. By design of the guideway it was impossible to derail?

20. There were no moving parts to wear out?

21. It was frictionless?

22. It (due to its phenomenal hourly passenger-mile capacity) could totally eliminate commuter congestion in cities?

 

The average High School student will be answering each of the above questions with "DUH!- of course - do you think we are stupid or what, man?"  The real question is how will politicians and today's "official" public transit experts answer? 

 

(Thank you John Kropf - Naval Aviator, Engineer, College Physics & Computer Instructor from Seattle, WA - for creating the above summary list.  John has also put together a great SkyTran Power Point presentation.  Email him at jkropf@bigzoo.net and maybe he will send you a CD.)
 

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 Summary of SkyTran principles

SkyTran is an innovative personalized monorail system that takes you where you want to go, when you want to go, quickly, safely, and economically.

As convenient as a car

  • A SkyTran car is yours for the whole trip. Ride alone or with a friend.
  • No need to consult a schedule - SkyTran is always waiting for you.
    Just get in and go!

The fastest way to get there

  • SkyTran cars travel suspended from unobtrusive guideways and don't compete with traffic.
  • You travel nonstop to your destination.
  • A typical 10-mile trip from the suburbs to downtown takes about 10 minutes!

The safest way to get there

  • SkyTran travels above traffic and pedestrians, so collisions are impossible.
  • SkyTran cars are an integral part of the guideway and can't derail.
  • SkyTran can stop in one tenth the distance of any automobile.
  • SkyTran uses proven adaptive cruise control to automatically detect what's ahead and adjust speed as needed.

An attractive transit system

  • SkyTran’s aerodynamic pods have the functional beauty of a sailplane.
  • Unlike most elevated systems, SkyTran doesn't eclipse the sky.
  • SkyTran is small and light. Its poles and guideway are only one foot wide!
  • SkyTran's appearance can be tailored to blend with its surroundings.

Affordable to build.  Affordable to ride

  • SkyTran's cost per mile is one-fifth that of current public transit systems. And since SkyTran uses Inductrack guideway, it is nearly maintenance free.
  • SkyTran is inexpensive to ride. Ultra-efficient SkyTran is much less expensive than driving a car.

Environmentally sound

  • SkyTran makes almost no noise.
  • SkyTran runs on electricity with an efficiency equivalent to 200 MPG.
  • SkyTran helps preserve the natural environment.
  • SkyTran is the cleanest form of powered transportation.

Overview  Convenient  Fast  Safe  Attractive  Affordable  Environment

 

Thank you for visiting www.SkyTran.net
Douglas J. Malewicki, SkyTran inventor and founder of SkyTran, Inc.
September 8, 2002

 

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