TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS
Motive power requirements and emissions of transport systems,
including electric vehicles, are proportional to vehicle weight,
drag and rolling resistance - light-weight, low-drag, aerodynamic
single/dual passenger vehicles on low rolling resistance rail are
preferable as most vehicle trips are with one person onboard.
However the current options for single/dual passenger vehicles
(bicycles, motor bikes and scooters) expose the driver & pilion to
the weather and far higher risk of accident and injury. The
increased accident and fatality risk (38 times greater than for a
car driver) is due to poor stability, low visibility to other drivers
and the lack of a protective structure. Yet this is often the only
transport young, inexperienced drivers can afford compounding
the tragedy and cost of disability and loss of life.
Dual-mode (road vehicle & ultra-light rail) electric velomobile
based PRT (Personal Rapid Transit) & over-the-covered-footpath
corridors address these problems making low-cost, light weight,
climate-friendly single/dual vehicle transport safe & practical
while greatly improving the energy & time efficiency. An Internet
connected light-rail network with ‘mechanical packet switching’
control system in which private vehicles self-park and respond
when summoned. It can safely delivering children to school and
back, solving parking problems and reducing death & injury. It
can be implemented as low-cost Regenerative Infrastructure,
EnGen Institute 1992 - Present
Standard automated underground
parcel transport networks both
complement Internet purchasing
and reduce the cost of logistics
and manufacturing. The same
corridors can accomodate water,
communications & other utilities
and facilitate automated repair.
Automated inter-factory supply,
distribution & waste recycling.
Automated Logistics & Recycling
ULTRA-LIGHT PERSONAL RAPIT TRANSIT
SAFE - PRIVATE AUTOMATED ONLINE VEHICLES
IN A SEPARATE HIGH-SPEED TRANSIT CORRIDOR