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SkyTran Overview
OverviewNASA Research Park
Moffett Field, California
TM
SkyTran Overview
The Problem: Congestion/Pollution
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SkyTran Overview
• Travels 150 MPH
• Low emissions
The Solution:
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• Low energy consumption
• No stops in traffic or at others’ stations.
• Low cost, factory built, and assembled on-site
• Silent, Secure, and Safe
SkyTran Overview
• Slow
• Inconvenient
• Dirty
• Vulnerable
• Massive
• Costly
Public Transportation Alternatives?
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SkyTran Overview
• Replaces Road/Track
With Elevated Guide Way
• Replaces Polluting Engine
With Electric Motor
• Replaces Tire/Wheels
With Magnetic Levitation
Last Century/This Century
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SkyTran Overview
Cars Exit Cars Enter
Main Stream Always Flows
Boarding Area
• No stopping at other passenger’s stations
SkyTran is true rapid transit: its vehicles flow at a steady, fast
rate, moving up to 14,000 people per hour per guideway!
Dynamic Motion
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• Travels up steep grades (up to 20°)
SkyTran Overview
• Vehicles are ready and
waiting for use
• “Get on and go!”
SkyTran is On Demand: It is ready for you when you need it.
Board a waiting vehicle or call one to come to you.
Convenient
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• No schedules to follow
• Stations can be placed
anywhere: inside buildings,
on rooftops, or in narrow
passage ways
SkyTran Overview
• Minimal carbon footprint
• Non-polluting
• Doesn’t burn energy
unless it is moving people
(not blindly following a
schedule–regardless of
actual passengers)
SkyTran: an environmentally friendly way to travel, powered
by renewable, clean energy.
Green
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SkyTran Overview
• Individual cars means
no vulnerable crowds
• Securely-locked vehicles
• Computer-controlled
with identified users
• Grid layout versus an
exposed trunk line
SkyTran is a safe and secure system that doesn’t congregate
people while boarding, moving, or disembarking.
Secure
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SkyTran Overview
• The privacy of a car
• Perfect for doing work
or having a secure
conversation
• A comfortable place to
sit back and relax
SkyTran is private. Each car is a personal space.
It’s like being in your living room or office.
Private
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SkyTran Overview
Bullet Train $500 Million
Light Rail $100 Million
Freeway $40 Million
Sidewalk $2 Million
SkyTran $9 Million
SkyTran is factory made–like Lego–and costs less to make,
maintain, and operate than other transportation systems.
Inexpensive
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Mode Cost/Mile
SkyTran Overview
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• Alleviating congestion
• Reducing pollution
• Delivering a high speed, low
cost, transportation solution
Coming to a station near you!