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An urban pod network, readily available on demand, to zoom you from pickup to your destination, at full speed, in the air, with no gridlock.
Cars get into congestion, need parking and are expensive to own.
Mobility services (Taxis, Uber) are expensive if used daily and also get into congestion.
Buses are very slow and even in dedicated lanes stop frequently at bus stops and traffic lights. Packed at peak times and quite empty during remaining ours. Generally not available during the night.
The underground, every city’s dream, is quite expensive to build thus normally exists as a skeletal network, thus often leaving people far from their destination. Not on demand.
Bicycles, electric scooters, etc, are a great way to move around. Much better in dedicated lanes to avoid traffic. Great for shorter distances and good weather.
A network of suspended self-driving electric vehicles taking each customer from their location to their chosen destination, at a good speed, and without stopping at intermediate stations, traffic lights, or any other place.
Not subject to congestion
Whole network operates under computer control
With low fixed and variable costs, the system actually makes money rather than require substantial subsidies
Great at crossing rivers, railways lines, or other obstacles at no extra cost
Able to climb steep gradients and have stations inside buildings above ground
Great relaxing views along the way
By cracking the complex engineering problem of turning the slow, fixed and unidimensional ski gondola systems, used in mountain resorts, into a fast, randomly accessible, on demand over a bidimensional network.
To provide their citizens with a first class transport network
To do away with subsidies
To collect a percentage of the system revenue in exchange for a license to operate
Due to pressure from their citizens when the system works well elsewhere
To reduce congestion
To reduce pollution
To win over the electorate
To seriously reduce road accidents
In the last 2 decades there has been a resurgence in the use of conventional cable cars in urban areas. The greatest expansion has been carried out in South America in places like Laz Paz, Bolivia (above 4000m), Medellin, Colombia, etc. These are cities built over great mountain ranges where conventional roads would be less effective and a lot more expensive. These systems have proven themselves to be able to efficiently carry millions of passengers all year round.
The lines operate like an underground network, with the passengers walking between the different lines. It is however a lot cheaper to build than tunnelling. None of these systems will automatically carry a passenger to its destination or work on-demand, the next logical step to bring the technology up to date.
A completely electric system
Not affected by surface congestion
Exceptionally safe operation
No parking problems
Can cross hills, rivers, railway lines and buildings with no difficulty
Minimum footprint as posts only need a spacing of 100 to 300 m
Fully segregated and elevated automatic operation operating at nominal speed
Can work at higher speeds (from 20 km/h up to 60 Km/h)
Compatible with multiple stations on the line
Only needs to stop at the final destination – Point to Point
Can build an automatic two-dimensional network to cover an urban area
Works fully On-Demand
