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The Transportation for Tomorrow, Today! SkyTran™
Personal/Mass Transportation System
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Private Transportation System for the PublicThis section discusses the economic implications of the SkyTran concept and the resulting benefits. Basically, SkyTran has huge economic advantages because:
Lightweight personal monorail vehicles means comparatively lighter weight supporting structures and proportionally lower material costs. Extremely low monorail guideway cost per mile in turn means many more miles of guideway can be erected for a given budget.
Aerodynamically streamlined, small frontal area personalized vehicles means high speed capability at minimum energy costs (200 mile per gallon equivalent at a steady 100 mph).
Modern computer control systems more importantly means high through put capacity. (One low cost SkyTran monorail guideway lane can carry the equivalent of three freeway lanes of commuter traffic).
Magnetic Levitation and linear drive propulsion systems means no mechanical contact, or wearing of parts while traveling at 100 mph. This in turn minimizes maintenance and associated operational expenses. SkyTran has no internal combustion engines (hundreds of parts moving up, down and around in an environment of controlled explosions and high temperatures), no transmissions (gears in a bath of oil) and no tires (rubber casings containing pressurized air that can be punctured). What doesn't exist can't possibly wear out - ever!
Any city that is currently considering spending huge sums on a new train, bus and light rail mass transportation system (that are all slightly improved derivatives of 1800's technologies) needs to carefully assess the economic benefits of SkyTran. The new millennium deserves high speed, low capital cost, low operational cost, useful transportation for all. ________________________________________________________________________________
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