Urban intermodal freight system for cities with mass transit rail infrastructure

An urban intermodal freight system comprising:

• an electrified mass transit rail system;
• a plurality of intermodal cargo containers;
• a plurality of passenger trains of said electrified mass transit rail system;
• at least two passenger stations of said electrified mass transit rail system;
• at least one primary transfer terminal, comprising an automatic truck parking system and a linear loading dock and conveyor system, connected to a station of the electrified mass transit rail system;
• at least one remote delivery and receiving station comprising at least one remote delivery and receiving station conveyor system and street level enclosure connected to a station of said electrified mass transit rail system;
• a plurality of delivery loop vehicles attendant to said at least one remote delivery and receiving station,
• the linear loading dock and conveyor system, connecting a portion of an existing proximate street to the primary transfer terminal, comprising:
• (1) the automatic truck parking system located at said linear loading dock and conveyor system, (2) a powered, portable, adjustable loading platform capable of being positioned at the tailgate of a truck and aligned with an access point in said linear loading dock and conveyor system, for transferring intermodal cargo containers and other forms of freight to and from trucks at said primary transfer terminal;
• and (3) an automatic, interconnected conveyor system including a plurality of conveyors for both receiving and feeding intermodal cargo containers and other forms of freight shipment from and to trucks at the linear loading dock;
• said at least one remote delivery and receiving station connected to said primary transfer terminal and other said remote delivery and return stations by said electrified mass transit rail system, wherein said remote delivery and receiving station is equipped with said at least one remote delivery and receiving station conveyor system and street level enclosure, and wherein said intermodal cargo containers or other cargo may be received and dispatched for delivery or received and returned to said primary transfer terminal or other said remote delivery and return stations,
• wherein said plurality of delivery loop vehicles includes a plurality of non-internal combustion powered, small-scale driver or autonomously operable delivery loop vehicles, attendant to said at least one remote delivery and receiving station is provided,
• wherein said delivery loop vehicles are capable of both receiving and feeding said intermodal cargo containers and other freight between street level and said remote delivery and return stations, and
• wherein said delivery loop vehicles are capable of both delivering and retrieving said intermodal cargo containers and other freight to and from various delivery locations;
• and
• wherein said delivery loop vehicles are provided with at least one cargo transfer apparatus for street, sidewalk, loading dock and inside building deliveries and container returns.