DUAL BEAM GUIDEWAY ILLUSTRATION
The following schematic drawings illustrate the component pieces of an automated guideway configuration that we believe can be built for about $10 million per double lane mile as a high speed line-haul configuration or $7.5 million per single lane mile in a low speed local loop configuration. These conceptual illustration have not been engineered yet, and may change with new information. When the engineering is available, it will be considered trade secrets and will not be available to the public on the Internet.
The guideway for this six passenger configuration
for a
local loop is designed for ten-thousand pound
max weight and dynamic loading from fifty mph speeds.
On long distance routes, the guideway is designed
for higher maximum
weights and higher dynamic loading from 125 mph speeds.
GUIDEWAY FROM GROUND AS MOST PEOPLE WILL SEE IT This concept illustrates the least visual intrusion from the smallest mass up in the air and the openness between the beams offers a very small area for snow and ice to accumulate. Smallest mass means least cost - estimate at one half of light rail.
Dark textured Concrete Beams with a tapered look
THE LOCAL LOOP $30 MILLION DEMONSTRATION
This guideway is a one way only track that circulates in the local
community collecting and distributing passengers to 12 or more stations at the last mile of their
destination such as condos, ski lifts and hotels instead of a single station.
A SINGLE LANE GUIDEWAY SCHEMATIC
| Switching off the main line with stops for: Skiing Condos Parking Restaurants Hotels |
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