Promoters

Beamways

Bengt Gustafsson
Linkchoping, Sweden
Phone: +46-13 465-1085
Email: bengt.gustafsson@beamways.com
Website: www.beamways.com

Salient Features:  PRT configuration. Highly energy efficient. Normally double direction guideway. Slender guideway. Suspended system. Low guideway cost. Handles dense city settings. Weather proof.

Status:  Beamways is a new company currently in the early design phases, for instance guideway structural integrity analysis. Work is also being performed in order to apply for patents for some unique ideas. Thus it is not possible to disclose all details at this time.

Urban Design Parameters

• Guideway Envelope – 750mm high, 500mm wide.
• Typical Footprint Requirement for a Guideway Column Foundation – Estimated at 500mm diameter.
• Recommended Spacing Between Columns – 25 meters.
• Maximum Spacing Between Columns – Longer spans are possible using suspension bridge methods, as the double-track guideway easily lends itself to this. Cost has not been elaborated but should not be significant.
• Minimum Radius of Curvature – Radius can be kept tight as the cars bank in curves. Minimum radius at low speed is 3 meters. Tracks themselves are not super-elevated (twisted) in curves.
• Maximum Recommended Slope – 40 percent. The cars tilt back and forth in steep slopes to keep the floor level. This allows for at-grade stations if there is 10 meter available for ramps.
• Minimum Station Footprint – A station at the guideway level will have to have acceleration and deceleration ramps. The length of these depends on the traffic intensity on the main line. At a low intensity cars can start to decelerate on the main line which shortens the ramps. Beamways can save up to 50 percent on the ramp lengths by using the tilt function of the cars, at a given traffic intensity. This reduces the cost of stations and crossings significantly.
• Noise Level (decibels) of a Vehicle Passing – This has not been calculated, but thanks to the drive wheels being enclosed in the guideway the sound level should be very low.
• Level of vibration at 40 and 80 km/hr – The vibrations will be kept well below the ISO standard levels for causing nausea in passengers.
• Ease in Which Guideways Can Attach to Building Walls and Penetrate Through - The only problem with entering buildings is that the upper side of the guideway is almost 3 meters above floor level. There are no problems with noise, vibration or emissions. Our belief is that the type of buildings where stations are of interest will have at least 3 meters of ceiling clearance.

KRRI

Jun-Ho Lee 
374-1 Woulam-Dong
Uiwang-City Kyounggi-Do 437-050, Korea
Phone: +82-31-460-5000
Fax: +82-31-460-5139 
Email: jhlee77@krri.re.kr 
Website: www.krri.re.kr

Status:  Governmental authority active in technological research, including PRT.

Mist-ER SP.

Ollie Mikosza  
Ul. Tatrzanska 97-B
34-520 Poronin, Poland 
Phone: +48-505-051-339
Fax: +48-18-2074-320 
Email: olmiko@wp.pl 
Website: www.mist-er.com

Salient Features:  A capability to expand the lines infrastructure, by adding stops, new lines and intersections, without modifying or touching any existing parts of the lines infrastructure. This capability is possible thanks to patented contact-less static switch (frog). 

Status:  A working 1:1 scale prototype, demonstrating operation of the vehicle and a contact-less static switch. Preparations are under way to start building of the first commercial trial system in Opole, Poland in mid 2008.

Urban Design Parameters

• Guideway Envelope – 800mm wide, 800mm high.
• Typical Footprint Requirement for a Guideway Column Foundation –Single-lane - 2m x 2m; Dual-lane – same.
• Recommended Spacing Between Columns – 25-30 meters.
• Maximum Spacing Between Columns – 100m (3-4 times the standard spacing).
• Minimum Radius of Curvature – 40m at 50 km/hr (with and without super-elevation); no plans to have 80 km/hr speeds.
• Maximum Recommended Slope – 45 degrees.
• Minimum Station Footprint – One-Way Station - 25 x 6m; Two-Way Station -   25 x 12m.
• Noise Level (decibels) of a Vehicle Passing – Unknown, but under any existing vehicle-like cars.
• Level of vibration at 40 and 80 km/hr – Unknown, but under any existing vehicle-like cars.
• Ease in Which Guideways Can Attach to Building Walls and Penetrate Through - Easily because it is suspended.

Monic PRT PTE Ltd.

Tan Lien Chiow, President & CEO  
7 Westbourne Road
01-02 Singapore 138945 
Phone: +65-9296-1953
Email: lientan@monicprt.com 
Website: www.monicprt.com

Salient Features:  The driverless automated vehicles can be road legal and driven manually on existing roads. Existing cars or light goods vehicles can be retrofitted to operate in MonicPRT System guideway.

Status:  The automated control of driverless cars was demonstrated in 1997 in San Diego, CA. The commercial version is now incorporated with latest advanced computer programs and wireless communication.

Urban Design Parameters

• Guideway Envelope – 2 meters wide, 0.5m high if elevated.
• Typical Footprint Requirement for a Guideway Column Foundation –Single-lane - 0.5 x 0.5m; Dual-lane - 0.7 x 0.7m
• Recommended Spacing Between Columns –Depend on users design expectation.
• Maximum Spacing Between Columns – Depend on users design expectation.
• Minimum Radius of Curvature – Depend on users design expectation.
• Maximum Recommended Slope – 20 percent
• Minimum Station Footprint – One-Way Station - 6m x 6m; Two-Way Station -12m x 12m
• Noise Level (decibels) of a Vehicle Passing – Same expectation of electric vehicles.
• Level of vibration at 40 and 80 km/hr – Same expectation of road legal cars
• Ease in Which Guideways Can Attach to Building Walls and Penetrate Through - Like those ramp access to car park building.

PRT Minnesota Inc.

Joe Lampe
11330 86th Ave N
Maple Grove MN 55369, USA
Phone: +1 (612) 247-6685
Email: info@prt-mn.com

Salient Features:  PRT system optimized for suburban mixed-use environments. One to three adult passengers, 499 kilogram empty weight, 340 kilogram payload. A very small, lightweight vehicle, with an unobtrusive guideway and architecturally innovative station designs.

Status:  At conceptual design iteration stage.

Urban Design Parameters

• Guideway Envelope – 1.7m wide, a minimum .555m high plus variable height additional structure options.
• Typical Footprint Requirement for a Guideway Column Foundation – Single-lane – 76cm diameter concrete; Dual-lane – 106.6cm diameter concrete.
• Recommended Spacing Between Columns – 27.4 meters.
• Maximum Spacing Between Columns –54.9 meters at 3x cost penalty.
• Minimum Radius of Curvature – at 40 km/hr - 50 meters without super-elevation; 34 meters with super-elevation.  At 80 km/hr - 200 meters without super-elevation; 136 meters with super-elevation.
• Maximum Recommended Slope – 10 percent.
• Minimum Station Footprint – One-Way Station - 6.7 meters x 10.4 meters for 3-berths; Two-Way Station - N/A.
• Noise Level (decibels) of a Vehicle Passing – Unknown at this point, but will be very low.
• Level of vibration at 40 and 80 km/hr – Design target is “Lexus equivalent” ride comfort.
• Ease in Which Guideways Can Attach to Building Walls and Penetrate Through - Easily attached to buildings. Can penetrate buildings with 2.4-meter ceiling height.

RailCab

Professor Ansgar Traechtler
University of Paderborn
Pohlweg 98, 33098 Paderborn, Germany 
Phone: +49-5251-60-5580
Fax: +49-5251-60-5579 
Email: Ansgar.Traechtler@NBP.upb.de   
Website:  www.railcab.de

Salient Features: PRT for passengers and goods with propulsion by doubly-fed linear motors with contactless energy transmission and steerable wheels on conventional rail track.  Vehicles can form and dissolve convoys at speeds up to 160 km/hr with slopes up to 10 percent.
 
Status:  Research project of the University of Paderborn since 1997.  Two scale vehicles on a 540m long test track since 2003. Seek investors for a full-scale test facility.
 
Urban Design Parameters:  No data supplied.

SkyCab

Dr. Ake Aredal
Narvavagen 21
S-114 60 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: +46-8661-0575
Fax: +46-8667-7710 
Email: ake.aredal@skycab.se
Website: www.skycab.se

Salient Features:  Classic PRT with suspended vehicles from a networked individual who remains aloof from the larger PRT community.

Status:  Prototype sections have been built, and autonomous vehicles have been run at an indoor testing and “integration facility in Hofors, Sweden.

SkyCabs

Hugh Chapman, Managing Director  
PO Box 9823
Auckland 1031, New Zealand 
Phone: +64-9527-0527
Email: info@skycabs.co.nz 
Website: www.skycabs.co.nz

Salient Features:  SkyCabs patented elevated two-way monobeam passenger transport system forms an unobtrusive, less costly structure. Frequent, light, 8-seater cabs provide automated ‘on-demand’ service, halving travel time and equaling four-lane motorway capacity above the footpaths of arterial roads.

Status:  Currently pricing initial demonstration/first operating line with three stations. Control system being detailed ready for programming. Selection of major contractors proceeding.  Details/agreements for use of station land initiated.

Urban Design Parameters

• Guideway Envelope – Horizontal supporting structure envelope: 1.0m x 0.8m includes beam and tracks (Two-way); Including vehicles:  For two-way system: 4.6m wide x 4.1m clear vertical height required on straight track.  5.3m height to allow passage of optional maintenance vehicle un-staffed, 5.7m min for carrying staff; Ruling gauge: 5.14m wide at bends.
• Typical Footprint Requirement for a Guideway Column Foundation –Single 1.5m diameter planter box for two-way line.
• Recommended Spacing Between Columns – 30 meters.
• Maximum Spacing Between Columns – Any span can be done.  Increasing beam size does not affect tracks.  Greater spans are determined by track and visual/aesthetic requirements and standard beam column costings.
• Minimum Radius of Curvature – At 40 km/hr - 27m; At 80 km/hr - 102m, all seated.
• Maximum Recommended Slope – 1 in 5 slope.
• Minimum Station Footprint – Depends on expected station volume of passengers; Maximum normal line station serving two-way line able to take full line capacity when or if required; 50m x 16m. End of line single-sided station able to take full line capacity; 50m x 11.2m. Small stations not able to handle full line capacity and therefore not recommended; 35m x 9m single sided/or one-way line. 35m x 16m two-way line.
• Noise Level (decibels) of a Vehicle Passing – At 10 meters distance - approximately 37-40dB; at 25 meters - approximately 31-33dB; at 50 meters - approximately 22-24dB.
• Level of vibration at 40 and 80 km/hr – The NVH is expected to be similar to that of a premium brand automobile or better since suspension displacements will be smaller.
• Ease in Which Guideways Can Attach to Building Walls and Penetrate Through - Easily done when designed into building floors; Penetration of building requires minimum 4m clear height x 4.6m width for two way track and structure.

Skytran-Unimodal

Christopher Perkins, VP
179 Via Colinas
Westlake Village, CA 91362, USA  
Phone: +1 (805) 374-8454
Email: christopherhperkins@yahoo.com   
Website: www.unimodal.com

Salient Features:  Small 2-passenger suspended vehicles that operate at high speeds. Line capacity is calculated to be 14,400 pphpd.

Status:  Some R&D activity. No known testing facility. Some cooperation with a Federally funded transport research institute at the University of Montana.

Urban Design Parameters:  No data supplied.

Swedetrack

Sten Staxler
Murarstigen 17
S-181 46 Lidongo, Sweden
Phone: +46-8766-3885
Fax: +46-8766-5437 
Email: sten.staxler@abc.se 
Website: www.swedetrack.com

Salient Features:  Maybe there have been introduced a thousand proposals of PRT in the world. None has been built. The first will be at Heathrow in London. Beam traffic is better (enclosure).

Status:  SwedeTrack has Agreements with China and the Philippines. I have just arrived from a visit to India. We prepare an orientation for the actual Swedish Ministries.

Urban Design Parameters

• Guideway Envelope – Inner width 0.9m. Inner height 1.1m. Outer width and height larger, depending on the weights (1.5 tons, 3.5 tons, 7.5 tons), the guideway will carry.
• Typical Footprint Requirement for a Guideway Column Foundation –Column footprint is 1.2 x 1m. It is the same for single and dual lanes.
• Recommended Spacing Between Columns – 25 +/- 10 m. Outer width and height of the guideway will be increased, at longer distances.
• Maximum Spacing Between Columns – 35m no extra cost. If there are greater than 35m there is an extra cost depending upon the length.
• Minimum Radius of Curvature –The guideway is only open downwards via a slot (safe against snow, ice, water, leaves, etc.). Different loads (personal cabins, containers, car mowers) are carried by a drive wagon through the slot. Radius of curvature is the same as for ordinary streets and roads. Maximum velocity is 144 km/h.
• Maximum Recommended Slope – It depends on the material under the wheels in the beam (maximum 35 degrees). The wagons can be drawn in larger slopes when necessary by special machinery at the place (maximum 50 degrees).
• Minimum Station Footprint – It depends of the footprint of the different vehicles: For a 1-seater the footprint is about 2m, for a 2-seater 3m, and for a 3-seater 4m, etc. For a beam bus with 32 seats (8 x 4 seats + a passage in the middle) the footprint will be about 5m width, and 8 x 1m + 5m = 13m
• Noise Level (decibels) of a Vehicle Passing – The vehicles are passing with their floors 5m above ground. The vehicles below the beam are believed to hinder the noise to reach the ground, already at 10 meters distance to the side of the beam columns. At the velocity 144 km/h along for instance Swedish 110 km/h roads, the noise in the road cars is probably not heard.
• Level of vibration at 40 and 80 km/hr – The level of vibration, in for instance the personal cabins, up to the velocity 144 km/h, could probably not be felt by the travelers.
• Ease in Which Guideways Can Attach to Building Walls and Penetrate Through - The smaller cabins + goods containers + car movers can be brought indoors, if needed. The cabins can for instance land on the floor, close to the house lift, on the second or third floor in residential houses. Goods containers can be put down or lifted up from floors in workshops, warehouses etc. Car movers can be put down on the ground, beside for instance the approach roads outside a city, and then bring the cars around or through the city, without using the street space, and without contributing to the deadly street pollution in the city. In Sweden 490 people are killed in car accidents per year. But according to fresh statistics about 35.000 people get sick from the street pollution at an age around 35, and die at an age around 65 ( +/- maybe 10 years).

Tesla PIMs

John Holden
Tesla Vehicles Limited
20-22 Bedford Row
London WC1R 4JS, UK 
Phone: +44-191-488-6258
Fax: +44-191-488-9158
Email: jholden@teslavehicles.com
Website: www.teslavehicles.com

Salient Features:  Fully automated PRT and PIMS (public integrated mobility system) based on homologated public service vehicles (~14 passengers) to EU and US regulations incorporating inductive charging, hub traction drives and all-composite bodies with roll-over passenger protection.

Status:  Concept and design engineering complete subsystems tested including power train tested. 14-passenger PRT mini-buses tested and contract ready. Proof-of-concept PIMS vehicles being built. Launch clients sought.

Urban Design Parameters

• Guideway Envelope – PRT width: 4.9 meters; height: 2.6 meters; PIMS width: 5.6 meters; height: 3.1 meters.
• Typical Footprint Requirement for a Guideway Column Foundation – Dual lane.
• Recommended Spacing Between Columns – Normally at grade.
• Maximum Spacing Between Columns – Normally at grade.
• Minimum Radius of Curvature – PRT minimum internal curve radius: 6.5 meters; maximum outer curve clearance radius: 10 meters; PIMS minimum internal curve radius: 8 meters; maximum outer curve clearance radius: 12.5 meters.
• Maximum Recommended Slope – 18 percent.
• Minimum Station Footprint – Client Requirement.
• Noise Level (decibels) of a Vehicle Passing – Absolute maximum: 80 <db.
• Level of vibration at 40 and 80 km/hr – IEC 68-2-64- Fh.
• Ease in Which Guideways Can Attach to Building Walls and Penetrate Through - N/A at this point.

Autoshuttle

Andreas Steingröver
Vor den Balken 3
D-38120 Braunschweig, Germany
Phone: +49 531 37 58 28
Fax: +49 531 28 44 184 
Email: andreas.steingroever@t-online.de 
Website: www.autoshuttle.de

Salient Features:  Integration of road traffic and guided transport; Shortest door to door traveling times; Individuality like on an ordinary motorway; Cheaper traveling costs than road vehicle travel; Financiability without subventions; Profitable operation; Based on existing technologies.

Status:  Conceptual questions clarified; Patents pending; Feasibility study finalized and verified; Proposal internationally presented and discussed; Application study finished and reviewed; Next step foundation of consortium.

Urban Design Parameters

• Guideway Envelope - Width: 4.7m for single lane.
• Typical Footprint Requirement for a Guideway Column Foundation - Not applicable. Lane in center of a motorway.
• Recommended Spacing Between Columns - Not applicable. Lane in center of a motorway.
• Maximum Spacing Between Columns – Not applicable. Lane in center of a motorway.
• Minimum Radius of Curvature – 120m (40km/h); 500m (80km/h).
• Maximum Recommended Slope – 8 percent.
• Minimum Station Footprint – 6354m² (two-way station sufficient for the road traffic of a 6-lane motorway).
• Noise Level (decibels) of a Vehicle Passing – Negligible. In Area of stations determined by road traffic.
• Level of vibration at 40 and 80 km/hr – Negligible, due to Maglev suspension.
• Ease in Which Guideways Can Attach to Building Walls and Penetrate Through - Not applicable. Lane in center of a motorway.

AVT-Train Com, Inc.

Frank Randak, President  
8 Fallen Oaks Drive
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360, USA 
Phone: +1 (800) 924-3306
Email: frank@randak.com
Website: www.avt-train.com

Salient Features:  Street vehicles enter solar-powered trains that can move 125-400 km/hr.

Status:  Have agreement for university site for test facility. Seeking investment.

Urban Design Parameters
No data provided.

Carbus

David Petrie
811 S. 273rd Court
Des Moines, WA  08198, USA
Phone: +1 (253) 946-6619
Email: davepetrie@comcast.net 

Salient Features:  Maintains the convenience and privacy of the personal car, best suited to EV microcar because 2.5 meter length (e.g. SMART), allows lateral orientation in transport (~32 units in double-deck). Adds up to 20-lanes capacity each way using a single dedicated lane.

Status:  Concept only. Technology is well proven, including maglev (Japanese HSST- 200).

Urban Design Parameters

• Guideway Envelope - A standard 12 foot lane; generally the HOV lane dedicated to Car Bus, and automated high-performance trucks.
• Typical Footprint Requirement for a Guideway Column Foundation – Not applicable.
• Recommended Spacing Between Columns – Not applicable.
• Maximum Spacing Between Columns – Not applicable.
• Minimum Radius of Curvature – Not applicable.
• Maximum Recommended Slope – 10 percent.
• Minimum Station Footprint – 61 meters by 91 meters to accommodate staging ramps and stations above the freeway every 10km.
• Noise Level (decibels) of a Vehicle Passing – In maglev version, sound at 200 kilometers.
• Level of vibration at 40 and 80 km/hr – In rubber-tired version, similar to Greyhound bus. In maglev version, vibration is limited to acceleration/deceleration at stations.
• Ease in Which Guideways Can Attach to Building Walls and Penetrate Through - Not applicable.

Car-Shuttle

Ed Cowan
270 Cagney Lane, Suite 311
Newport Beach CA 92663, USA
Phone: +1 (949) 689-6314
Email: edwinjack@sbcglobal.net 
Website:  www.dynamictrafficsolutions.org

Salient Features:  Street vehicles enter “trams” that run in highway Diamond Lanes with catenaries for power.

Status:  Non-profit corporation with a dual-mode system concept. No test track.

Urban Design Parameters:  No data supplied.

GTS

Kjell Dahlstrom
SIKA (Swedish Institute for Transportation Analysis)
Box 17-213
104 62 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: +46-8-5062-0683
Email: kjell.dahlstrom@sika-institute.se

Salient Features:  A General Transportation Systems (GTS) has been conceived to meet the objectives of Swedish national transport policies.

Status:  Conceptual.

Urban Design Parameters

• Guideway Envelope – 1 meter wide and 1 meter high (probably suspended but supported is welcome if better).
• Typical Footprint Requirement for a Guideway Column Foundation – 1 x 1 meter.
• Recommended Spacing Between Columns – 30 meters straight guideway, 10 meters in high-speed curves.
• Maximum Spacing Between Columns – 500 meters with truss structure over and 2km with cable suspended systems.
• Minimum Radius of Curvature – 6 meters at low speed.
• Maximum Recommended Slope – 18 percent.
• Minimum Station Footprint – like a bus stop but on the first floor. Each berth will require 4.5m. Deceleration and acceleration ramp length will vary with velocity.
• Noise Level (decibels) of a Vehicle Passing –45 dBA at ground level and 50 km/hr.
• Level of vibration at 40 and 80 km/hr – Suspension will make the ride comparable to a car ride or better.
• Ease in Which Guideways Can Attach to Building Walls and Penetrate Through – Easily done.

Monomobile

Jay Andress  
26 East 6th Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202, USA 
Phone: +1 (513) 460-6687 
Email: andress.jay@gmail.com   
Website: www.monomobile.com

Salient Features:  Battery-powered cars that can be driven over streets can also be suspended from a bogey for on-guideway operation.

Status:  Conceptual, with some prototype parts.

Urban Design Parameters:  No data provided.

RUF International

Palle R Jensen, Head of Development
Forhaabningsholms Alle 30
1904, Frb. C., Denmark
Phone: +45-3324-7033
Fax: +45-3324-7044 
Email: Prj@RUF.dk   
Website: www.RUF.dk

Salient Features:  Dual-mode, individual and collective. Vehicles move on guideways with one third of the energy as those driven on highways.

Status:  Tested, but still under development.

Urban Design Parameters

• Guideway Envelope - Width = 85cm, Height = 58 cm.
• Typical Footprint Requirement for a Guideway Column Foundation – Less than 1 x 1m.
• Recommended Spacing Between Columns – 20m.
• Minimum Radius of Curvature – 26m on guideway, less than 15m on roads.
• Maximum Recommended Slope – Up to 20 percent.

TriTrack

Jerry Roane
101 S. Laurelwood
Austin, TX 78733, USA  
Phone: +1 (512) 263-5344
Email: jroane@tritrack.net   
Website: www.tritrack.net

Salient Features:  TriTrack dual mode all electric car; solves traffic congestion; fast at 290 km/hr (180 mph) city and country; privately owned; low pollution; efficient - over 160 km/g; personal freedom of travel choices.

Status:  Second prototype being constructed.  Investors have been found.  Goal is to win the $10m Automotive X PRIZE to fund commercialization of the system. No test facility yet, and developer doesn’t think in metric units.

Urban Design Parameters

• Guideway Envelope – Patented 36.8cm wide by 31cm high, triangular extruded aluminum beam.
• Typical Footprint Requirement for a Guideway Column Foundation – Single-lane – 43cm diameter bored hole backfilled with concrete holding a 32.3cm diameter steel pipe.  Dual lane uses two such guideways to eliminate torque on piers.
• Recommended Spacing Between Columns – 18.3 meter spans.
• Maximum Spacing Between Columns – Conventional bridge structures can hold up the guideway with 18.3 meter spans onto the bridge.
• Minimum Radius of Curvature – Cars only travel one speed of 290 km/hr so radius of the guideway is generally straight or a 6.44km radius at speed.  The newest patent describes the tilt of the guideway rolling the extrusion to engineered trajectory as it is being formed.  Super-elevation is provided by this computer-controlled process and is optimized for rider comfort and to minimize the jerk component.  Since the cars only go one speed the tilt of the guideway is always matched.  The cars come back to the slower street speeds to turn.
• Maximum Recommended Slope – The guideway can go vertical using the linear motors in the guideway to raise the level of the guideway depending on special needs.  As cars descend steep slopes the potential energy is recycled directly back into the power grid via linear generators.
• Minimum Station Footprint – No stations.  There is a merge zone that looks much like a small parking lot area where the computer takes over driving and merges the cars with each other onto guideways.  This zone has a fenced area for headroom under the guideway but no stations. 
• Noise Level (decibels) of a Vehicle Passing – Silent.
• Level of vibration at 40 and 80 km/hr – No vibration with the forth patent application describing the powered suspension mechanism.
• Ease in Which Guideways Can Attach to Building Walls and Penetrate Through - Easily.  The cars are defined for maximum weight and are very light so any building structure can support the 912-kilogram load.  The opening in the wall is about 2 meters wide by 1.4 meters high.  The vehicles are closely defined which reduces the opening required in a second story location.  Because the cars are electric there is no need for extra ventilation of the building.

Parry People Movers, Ltd.

Casper Lucas
Overend Road
Cradley Heath, West Midlands B64 7DD, UK 
Phone: +44-13-8456-9553
Fax: +44-13-8463-7773 
Email: james@jskinner.demon.co.uk 
Website: www.parrypeoplemovers.com

Self-Transit Systems

William Alden, President
46 Fox Run Lane
East Falmouth, MA 02536, USA
Phone: +1 (508) 540-2899
Email: wla07@comcast.net   

CN Serpentine SA

Bernard Sangy
Primerose 27
CH-1007 Lausanne, France
Phone: +33-4121-617-1766
Fax: +33-4121-617-1780
Email: mail@serpentine.ch   
Website: www.serpentine.ch

SmarTram

John Alt, President
Village Technology
209 Main Street
Annapolis, MD 21401, USA  
Phone: +1 (410) 368-1213 
Fax: +1 (410) 268-2965 
Email: jalt@villagetechnology.com 
Website: www.villagetechnology.com

Aerobus International, Inc.

Dennis Stallings, President  
7700 San Felipe,  Suite 330
Houston, TX 77063, USA 
Phone: +1 (713) 222-6655
Fax: +1 (713) 222-7501 
Email: stalling@aerobus.com 
Website: www.aerobus.com

Salient Features:  Cable suspension technology similar to the Golden Gate Bridge with long spacing between support columns. Automation is a secondary concern.

Status:  A $116m manual system is underway to Weihai, a touristy island of China.

Urban Design Parameters

• Guideway Envelope – The cable suspended dual guideway (one track in each direction) is 9 meters wide.  The height of the support pylons is a function of the pylon spacing and the cable catenary.
• Typical Footprint Requirement for a Guideway Column Foundation – 1 meter squared.
• Recommended Spacing Between Columns – 250 meters to 300 meters.
• Maximum Spacing Between Columns – 620 meters.
• Minimum Radius of Curvature – 30 meters.
• Maximum Recommended Slope – 8v percent grade recommended, 10 to 12 percent possible.
• Minimum Station Footprint – Typical station is elevated above the existing roadways so only small column support footings are required.
• Noise Level (decibels) of a Vehicle Passing –77 dba max.
• Level of vibration at 40 and 80 km/hr – Vibration levels conform to IEC – 77.
• Ease in Which Guideways Can Attach to Building Walls and Penetrate Through - Aerobus guideway and track system can easily be built into any new or existing building with minimum structural modification to the building. 

AMT (American Maglev)

Tony J. Morris, President  
30 South Park Square, Suite 201
Marietta, GA 30060, USA
Phone: +1 (770) 428-8792 
Email: info@american-maglev.com   
Website: www.american-maglev.com

Salient Features:  American Maglev Technology, Inc. (“AMT”) designs and deploys short-haul and midrange regional transportation systems using magnetic levitation. Lightweight, aerospace-like vehicles. Propulsion has no moving parts over a half-inch magnetic field.

Status:  American Maglev is actively perusing several projects throughout the world. AMT is targeting four projects in particular: Los Angeles, CA; Fort Belvoir, VA; Orlando, FL and Abu Dhabi, UAE. There were troubles at a test facility at Old Dominion University (Norfolk). This promoter doesn’t think in metric units.

Urban Design Parameters

• Guideway Envelope - For a dual guideway system, an envelope of 9 meters is required.
• Typical Footprint Requirement for a Guideway Column Foundation – A 1.5 meter diameter column is required for a dual guideway system.
• Recommended Spacing Between Columns – Columns are spaced on 27 meter centers.
• Maximum Spacing Between Columns – Columns are preferred to be place on 27 meter centers due to economic reasons.
• Minimum Radius of Curvature – For passenger comfort, gradients are limited to 3 percent and vertical curves to a minimum radius of 3,048 meters.
• Maximum Recommended Slope – see above.
• Minimum Station Footprint – AMT is very flexible when it comes to designing stations.  We believe that we can work with the customer to meet any station requirements that they might have.

MagnaForce

Karl J. Lamb
2602 W. 18th Street
Port Angeles, WA 98362, USA 
Phone: +1 (360) 457-9428
Fax: +1 (360) 452-1934   
Email: jo@levx.com 
Website: www.magna-force.com

Salient Features:  Maglev concept that focuses on cargo transport, as well as passengers.

Status:  Several full-scale prototypes. License agreement for contractor for military applications.

Urban Design Parameters:  No data provided.

MegaRail

Kirston Henderson, President
PO Box 121728
Fort Worth, TX 76121, USA  
Phone: +1 (817) 738-9507
Fax: +1 (807) 367-2373 
Email: kirston.henderson@megarail.com 
Website: www.megarail.com

Salient Features:  Several size vehicles being developed for manual operations. Automation is envisioned for later stages of development.

Status:  Demonstration track. No current work on automation.

Urban Design Parameters:  No data provided.

Rotem Maglev

Hyundai Motor Group Building
8-12F, 231, Yangjae-Dong
Seocho-Gu, Seoul 137-938, Korea 
Phone: +82-2-3464-1114
Fax: +82-2-3464-7580 
Website: www.rotem.co.kr

Salient Features:  Maglev development from Hyundai now affiliated with Rotem, a large supplier of rail locomotives and cars, military tanks, and plant engineering that is not part of Hyundai..

Status:  Test track.

Urban Design Parameters:  No data provided.

Sky Bus Metro

B. Rajaram or   A.K. Bharadwaj
834 Spring Knoll Dr.     
Herndon VA  20170, USA
Phone:  +1 (703) 835-9025
Email: rajaram@hotmail.com  , ceekrc@gmail.com
Website: www.konkanrailway.com

Salient Features:  Large suspended vehicles for line-haul application.

Status:  Started by a now-retired official of India’s Konkan Railway. Patents granted and 1.6km test track in Goa.

Urban Design Parameters:  No data provided.

Acroscape

Hengning Wu, President
12923 Roberts Ridge Ct
Bristow, VA 20136, USA
Phone: +1 (571) 236-9300 
Email: hnwu@acroscape.com 
Website: www.acroscape.com

Salient Features:  Small vehicle for one adult plus two children; Narrow guideway less than a meter wide; Fuel efficiency of 805 kilometers per gallon, and capacity comparable with subway.

Status:  Patent approved. A 1:25 scale model for open-frame. Autoway and vehicle have been built.

Urban Design Parameters

• Guideway Envelope - 90cm (width) by 20cm (height).
• Typical Footprint Requirement for a Guideway Column Foundation - 110cm x 45 cm. Same for double layer, typically not two lane together due to the high capacity of 11,000 per hour of one lane.
• Recommended Spacing Between Columns - 7-14m.
• Maximum Spacing Between Columns - No data yet. A bridge can extend over a river without columns.
• Minimum Radius of Curvature - No data yet. Can make 360 turns with a special carrier at the same location.
• Maximum Recommended Slope - Similar to other systems. A special carrier can move the vehicle directly up and down (originally designed for parking).
• Minimum Station Footprint - The space for two columns, or 110 x 45cm. No such thing as a two-way station, which is a concept of mass transit.  No two-way parking lot for car.
• Noise Level (decibels) of a Vehicle Passing - No data. Expect to be unnoticeable due to the light weight.
• Level of vibration at 40 and 80 km/hr - No data.
• Ease in Which Guideways Can Attach to Building Walls and Penetrate Through - Readily due to the light weight and size.

ET3.com Inc.

Daryl Oster, CEO
PO Box 1423
Crystal River, FL 34423, USA  
Phone: +1 (352) 257-1310
Email: et3@et3.com   
Website: www.et3.com

Salient Features:  Patented  ETT “Space Travel on Earth” ™ offers: PRT & DM advantages; 645 km/hr design speed; Greener than bicycles; Fare  less than 2 cents/passenger-mile can recover DFBOM at 10 percent.

Status:  Several licensed ETT ™ projects are in development around the world.

Urban Design Parameters

• Guideway Envelope – Several licensed ETT ™ projects are in development around the world.
• Typical Footprint Requirement for a Guideway Column Foundation – As low as 929 square centimeters per 30m span (0.1 square meter / 30m span typical) for dual tube guideway. 
• Recommended Spacing Between Columns – 30m (offers load redundancy).
• Maximum Spacing Between Columns – Spans over 60m will increase cost logarithmically. 
• Minimum Radius of Curvature – At 275km/h design speed the minimum radius is 600m for 100 percent super elevation of 45 degrees bank angle.  For higher speeds the minimum radius increases with the square of design speed. 
• Maximum Recommended Slope – 100 percent slope (45 degree angle of incline). 
• Minimum Station Footprint – Station footprint depends on needed capacity; can be as low as one car parking space (20 square meters).
• Noise Level (decibels) of a Vehicle Passing – ETT is virtually silent at any practical design speed (sound cannot exist in a vacuum).
• Level of vibration at 40 and 80 km/hr – HTSM maglev technology is preferred for ETT, and offers smooth ride at any anticipated design speed up to 6,500km/hr (design speed greater than about 650 km/h requires active tube alignment). 
• Ease in Which Guideways Can Attach to Building Walls and Penetrate Through - Two-way ETT guideway mass is about 159 kilograms per linear foot, and 1.5m x 3m (over-under, or side-by-side); therefore dead-load is as low as 16 kilograms per square foot.  The maximum vehicle live-load is less than 45 kilograms per linear foot.  Many buildings could support ETT loading without structural modification.

Higherway Transport Research

Tad Winiecki
16810 NE 40th Ave,
Vancouver, WA 98686, USA
Phone: +1 (360) 574-8724
Email: winiecki@pacifier.com   
Website: higherway.us

Salient Features:  Designs and sketches for PRT and dual-mode concepts.

Status:  Seeking partners.

JPODs Corporation

Bill James  
5255 Stevens Creek Blvd,  Suite 137
Santa Clara, CA 95051, USA 
Phone: +1 (612) 414-4211
Fax: +1 (612) 605-0100 
Email: bill.james@jpods.com   
Website: www.jpods.com

Salient Features:  Suspended-vehicle PRT concept.

Status:  Prototypes only, seeking funds for a demonstration project.

Urban Design Parameters:  No data provided.

Owen Transit Group (High Road)

William E. Owen, PE, President
481 S. Keeler Woods Drive
Marietta, GA 30064, USA
Phone: +1 (404) 683-1331
Fax: +1 (770) 421-8768 
Email: billowen@otg-inc.com   
Website: www.otg-inc.com

Salient Features:  Unique bus concept.

Status:  Concept only. Seeking investment funds.

Urban Design Parameters:  No data provided.

Sky Train Corporation

Karl W. Guenther, CEO
2599 Dolly Bay Drive, Suite T308
Palm Harbor, FL 34684, USA
Phone: +1 (727) 939-2177
Fax: +1 (727) 939-1271 
Email: kguenther@skytraincorp.com   
Website: www.skytraincorp.com

Salient Features:  Large (~100 passenger) suspended vehicles for line-haul applications with a super-elevation concept.

Status:  Patents, scale model.

Urban Design Parameters:  No data provided.

STU
Macon, GA
Phone: +1 (478) 494-8912

Salient Features:  High-speed (400km/hr) travel in modest (9-50 passenger) vehicles.

Status:  1/10 scale model and 150m section in Russia.

Urban Design Parameters:  No data provided.