SkyTran Overview

OverviewNASA Research Park

Moffett Field, California

TM

SkyTran Overview

The Problem: Congestion/Pollution

04/20/23 © Copyright 2011 | SkyTran | All rights reserved. 2

New DelhiMexico City New York Paris

SkyTran Overview

• Travels 150 MPH

• Low emissions

The Solution:

04/20/23 © Copyright 2011 | SkyTran | All rights reserved. 3

• 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?

04/20/23 © Copyright 2011 | SkyTran | All rights reserved. 4

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

04/20/23 © Copyright 2011 | SkyTran | All rights reserved. 5

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

04/20/23 © Copyright 2011 | SkyTran | All rights reserved. 6

• 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

04/20/23 © Copyright 2011 | SkyTran | All rights reserved. 7

• 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

04/20/23 © Copyright 2011 | SkyTran | All rights reserved. 8

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

04/20/23 © Copyright 2011 | SkyTran | All rights reserved. 9

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

04/20/23 © Copyright 2011 | SkyTran | All rights reserved. 10

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

04/20/23 © Copyright 2011 | SkyTran | All rights reserved. 11

Mode Cost/Mile

SkyTran Overview

04/20/23 © Copyright 2011 | SkyTran | All rights reserved. 12

• Alleviating congestion

• Reducing pollution

• Delivering a high speed, low

cost, transportation solution

Coming to a station near you!